Contact Information for the "Management Team" of the SD Space Grant
Consortium
Headquarters Office Phone Number
605-394-1975
Dr. Edward F. Duke, Director
South Dakota Space Grant Consortium
Professor of Geology
SD School of Mines & Technology
501 E. St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
Phone: 605-394-2388
Fax: 605-394-3366
Email: Edward.Duke@sdsmt.edu
Thomas V. Durkin, Deputy Director
SD Space Grant Consortium
SDSM&T
501 E. St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
Phone: 605-394-1975
Fax: 605-394-3366
Email:
Thomas.Durkin@sdsmt.edu
Dr. Todd Letcher, Associate Director of SDSGC
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
South Dakota State University
Crothers Engineering Hall 212
Mechanical Engineering-Box 2219
Brookings, SD 57007Phone: (605) 688-5311
Email: todd.letcher@sdstate.edu
Dr. Brennan T. Jordan, Associate Director of SDSGC
Associate Professor & Coordinator, Earth Sciences ProgramDepartment of Sustainability and Environment
University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: (605) 677-6143
Fax: (605) 677-6121
Email: Brennan.Jordan@usd.edu
Kristi L. Sayler, Associate Director of SDSGC
Earth Resources Observation & Science Center (EROS)
U.S. Geological Survey
47914 252nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57198
Phone: (605) 594-6058
Fax: (605) 594-6529
Email: sayler@usgs.gov
Dr. Rhea Waldman, Associate Director of SDSGC
Executive Director
South Dakota Discovery Center
805 West Sioux
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 224-8295
Email: rheawaldman@sd-discovery.org
(Nov. 2023 - Nov. 2025)
Dr. Drew Alton, Associate Director of SDSGC
Associate Professor of Physics
Augustana University
2001 S. Summit Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
Phone: 605-274-4924
Email: alton@augie.edu
Dr. Peggy Norris, Associate Director of SDSGC
Department of Natural Sciences
Black Hills State University
1200 University Street
Spearfish, SD 57799
Phone: office number pending
Email: peggy.norris@bhsu.edu
Dr. Foster Sawyer, Rotating Member of Management Team
Faculty/Research Scientist
Math & Science Department
Oglala Lakota College
490 Piya Wiconi Road
Kyle, SD 57752
Phone: (605) 877-2923
Email:
jfsawyer@olc.edu
Andrew Thimgan, Associate Director of SDSGC
The Journey Museum and Learning Center
Education Manager
222 New York St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-1777 Ext. 213
Email: athimgan@journeymuseum.org
Dr. Kinchel Doerner
SD EPSCoR Director
SD Board of Regents
4801 N. Career Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57107
Phone: 605-274-9536
Email: kinchel.doerner@sdbor.edu
(Ex-officio, non-voting member of SD Space Grant Management Team)
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Dr. Marie Steckelberg
Steckelberg Consulting, LLC
(SDSGC's Independent Evaluator)
In Memory of Mr. Kevin Dalsted In Memory of Dr. Dan Swets