Award Winners
Distinguished Service Award
This award is given annually to a member who has served the accounting profession through volunteering on committees, the Board of Directors, task forces, Board of Accountancy, AICPA committees, or in other capacities to benefit the accounting profession within South Dakota and across the nation. Members of the SDCPAS nominate other members for this prestigious honor or the Board of Directors selects. It is awarded at the annual convention and is based on service through previous years.
1985 - 86
Al Schweiss & Roy Ketel
1988 - 89
Gretchen Cooney
1991 - 92
Jerald B. Davis
1992 - 93
Wilbur Blundell
2010 - 11
Darrell Strivens
Outstanding Young Professional Award
This award reflects the contributions of our younger members. The winner of this award is a CPA who has been a member of the SDCPAS less than three years and has assumed leadership responsibility through service on a committee, as a liaison, or in some other way. The recommendation comes from the Executive Director for Board approval, and the winner is announced at the annual convention.
1984 - 85
Kathy Nordstrom
1986 - 87
Mike Bannwarth & Wes Nelson
1987 - 88
Rex Unterbrunner
1988 - 89
Greg Hollibaugh
1991 - 92
Christina Sedlacek
1995 - 96
Jeannette Smith
2011 - 12
Rachel Buse-Flaskey
2015 - 16
Lindsay Stevenson
2016 - 17
Beatrice Skyberg
2020 - 21
Kellen Garrison
2022 - 23
Maisee Schroeder
Outstanding Committee Person
The Board of Directors annually selects a recipient of this award from the list of committee persons in order to acknowledge one of them for his/her outstanding service on a committee.
1983 - 84
Barry Simns & John Wenande
1987 - 88
Randy Koepsell & Ron Tedrow
1991 - 92
Michele Johnson
1992 - 93
Mathew Ressegieu
1994 - 95
Kathryn Nordstrom & Carrie Roache
2001 - 02
Joylynn Buus & Jill Whitley
2004 - 05
JoLynn Sorum & Mary Pat Mullen
2008 - 09
Ashley Brandt-Duda
2009 - 10
Amy Bourne & Sara Andrews
2011 - 12
Erik Gilbertson
2013 - 14
Erik Gilbertson
2014 - 15
Jonathan Guenther
2015 - 16
Angie Hillestad
2018 - 19
Timothy Bergstrom
Public Service Award
This is a joint SDCPAS/AICPA award program which recognizes CPAs who have established a record of community service at the local, state or national level. Members are very active in civic, religious, educational, recreational, athletic, and other projects. Some winners have been involved in a wide variety of projects while others have selected a handful of activities and pursued them.
1991 - 92
John Carmody, Sr.
1993 - 94
Michael Finnegan
1997 - 98
Wilbur Blundell
2011 - 12
Dean Buckenberg
2013 - 14
Holly Engelhart
Outstanding Educator Award
The Relations with Education Committee accepts nomination from students, members and institutions across South Dakota to recognize an educator who is employed at least half time by a college or university in South Dakota in the accounting department, subject to Board approval. Depending upon the circumstances, this award is presented at the convention or in a special ceremony, and the winner does not need to be a CPA or a member of the SDCPAS.
1989 - 90
Richard Buckles
1992 - 93
Michele Johnson
2013 - 14
Brad Van Kalsbeek
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