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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
Courtney Wagner
Resource Development Director
Year Joined: 2025
Gwen Donner
Emergency Shelter
Program Manager
Year Joined: 2026
Rylie McMullen
Program Manager
Young Adult Programs
Year Joined: 2023
Case Managers and Coordinators
Melody Manley, BSW
Case Manager
Re-Entry Program
Year Joined: 2024
Aimee Huntley
Case Manager
Year Joined: 2023
Luke Lorenz
Case Manager
Financial Assistance Programs
Year Joined: 2025
Kat Kokesh, BSW
Life Skills Coordinator
Young Adult Programs
Year Joined: 2025
Advocates
Marco Walker
Advocate
Year Joined: 2024
Julie De Bauw
Advocate
Year Joined: 2025
Jonathan Briggs
Advocate
Year Joined: 2025
Benjamin Clark
Advocate
Year Joined: 2022
Justine Crawford
Advocate
Year Joined: 2026
Holly Treter
Lead Advocate
Year Joined: 2024
Robert Wheatley
Advocate
Year Joined: 2022
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Board Chair: Alec Martin | State's Attorney's Office
Board Vice Chair: Terry Crandall | Red Cross
Board Secretary: Sara Marlow | First Dakota National Bank
Board Treasurer: Cheryl Beck | Limestone
Board Members
Pastor Dani Jo Bierwagen | Christ the King Lutheran Church​​
Austin Welker | SD Human Services Center
Jarod Holcomb | Hydro
Matthew Cranny | Avera
Ashley Dimmer | Keiser University
Sr Marlene Stetz | Sacred Heart Monastery
Sarah Braxton | Meridian Counseling & Family Services
George Lundgren | United Way Liaison
Deputy Chief Monty Rothenberger | Yankton Police Department Liaison
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