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Pathways Staff and Board Members
Leadership Team

Dennis Konkler
Finance Director
Year Joined: 2025
Jesse Ridgway, BSW
Operations Director
Year Joined: 2023
NOW HIRING
Resource Development Director
Year Joined: 2025

Marco Walker
Program Manager
Emergency Shelter
Year Joined: 2024

Rylie McMullen
Program Manager
Young Adult Programs
Year Joined: 2023
Case Managers

Melody Manley, BSW
Case Manager
Re-Entry Program
Year Joined: 2024
Luke Lorenz
Case Manager
Financial Assistance Programs
Year Joined: 2025
Advocates
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Courtney Prue
Lead Advocate
Year Joined: 2024

Sarah White
Advocate
Year Joined: 2021

Aimee Huntley
Advocate
Year Joined: 2023

Benjamin Clark
Advocate
Year Joined: 2022

Joni Andal
Advocate
Year Joined: 2024
Jonathan Briggs
Advocate
Year Joined: 2025
Taylor Dominguez
Advocate
Year Joined: 2024
Stacy Highstrom
Advocate
Year Joined: 2025
Loren Hoelscher
Advocate
Year Joined: 2024

Holly Treter
Lead Advocate
Year Joined: 2024

Sarah Liebig
Advocate
Year Joined: 2024

Robert Wheatley
Advocate
Year Joined: 2022
Devon Mayes
Advocate
Year Joined: 2025
Julie De Bauw
Advocate
Year Joined: 2025
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Board Chair: Alec Martin | State's Attorney's Office
Board Vice Chair: Deputy Chief Monty Rothenberger | Yankton Police Department
Board Secretary: Sara Marlow | First Dakota National Bank
Board Treasurer: Luis Ruiz | Wohlenberg Ritzman & Co, LLC
Board Members
Pastor Dani Jo Bierwagen | Christ the King Lutheran Church
Mallory Schulte | Birmingham & Cwach Law Office, Prof. LLC​
Austin Welker | SD Human Services Center
Melissa Kaiser | Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health Services
Jarod Holcomb
Sr Marlene Stetz | Sacred Heart Monestary
Sarah Borgers | Meridian Counseling & Family Services
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