Functioning in the Best Interest of Our Customers

Heartland is governed by an eleven-member board of directors, each member elected to represent a designated subdivision within the district. Directors are elected on a non-partisan basis in the general election for terms of six years.

Heartland's original nine subdivisions were established in 1969 and include virtually all rural areas of the 36 counties in eastern South Dakota. The cities of Groton, Madison, Volga, Arlington, Howard, Miller, and Plankinton, South Dakota later elected to be annexed into the district. Two new subdivisions were created to accommodate the additional territory.

Our board emphasizes reliable and economical generation and delivery systems. Heartland's board has the ultimate decision making authority for rates and power supply. Board meetings take place at Heartland's headquarters on the second Tuesday of each month and are open to the public.

Mark Joffer President, Subdivision 1 Bon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook & Turner Counties	Lisa Rave Vice President, Subdivision 8 Minnehaha County, excluding Split Rock Township thereof	Jeff Heinemeyer Secretary, Subdivision 6 Beadle, Clark, Kingsbury, Lake & Moody Counties
Dr. Josh Pauli Subdivision 10 The municipalities of Groton, Madison & Volga, SD	Roger Fritz Asst. Secretary/Treasurer, Subdivision 9 Brookings, Codington, Deuel & Hamlin Counties	Pat Anderson Subdivision 2 Clay, Union & Yankton Counties
Larry Nielson Subdivision 3 Brown, Buffalo, Hand, Hyde, Jerauld & Spink Counties	Lee Ann Wheeler Subdivision 4 Lincoln County and Split Rock Township of Minnehaha County	Dave Hahler Subdivision 5 Day, Grant, Marshall & Roberts Counties
Vern Hill Subdivision 7 Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Miner & Sanborn Counties and the municipality of Plankinton, SD	Bill Lewellen Subdivision 11 The municipalities of Arlington, Howard and Miller, SD