2023 Business Day at the Legislature
Thursday, February 23 in Pierre

Event Schedule

Ramkota, Pierre

1:00 PM       
Registration Opens

1:30 PM       
Legislative Briefing and South Dakota's only Business Caucus
Featuring David Owen, President, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Ryan Budmayr, VP of PR & Business Development, Lawrence & Schiller

Policy Directions and Priorities in Washington and the States
Guest speaker Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer and Head of Strategic Advocacy, US Chamber of Commerce

4:00 PM       
Time at the Capitol

5-7:00 PM   
Legislative Reception
Ramkota, with 6 PM program featuring Chamber award presentations for Distinguished Legislative Service, Outstanding Public Service, and Business Legislative Advocate.

As the recipient of this year's Business Legislative Advocate award, we will be honoring Dana Dykhouse, CEO, First PREMIER Bank, for his work in many areas, including tireless efforts to improve education and scholarship opportunities for South Dakota students. This award will be presented by immediate past chair of the South Dakota Chamber Board of Directors Brian Sandvig, CFO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory.

This year's honorees include a group of individuals who developed a plan, passed legislation and successfully argued what is known as the Wayfair Decision before the United States Supreme Court. Our Distinguished Legislative Service award will be given to the following individuals:  Attorney General Marty Jackley, Representative Gary Cammack, former legislator Deb Peters, former South Dakota Retailers Association Executive Director Shawn Lyons, Bureau of Administration Deputy Commissioner Andy Gerlach and Department of Revenue Business Tax Division Director Doug Schinkel.

We are pleased to announce that former Governor Dennis Daugaard will be our guest presenter for this award.

The Outstanding Public Service award will honor a group of women who served in cabinet level positions under multiple governors.  The honorees are Pam Roberts, the only person in state history to hold cabinet level positions for five different South Dakota governors; Doneen Hollingsworth who served as Secretary of Health from 1995-2015, under Governors Janklow, Rounds and Daugaard; Sandy Zinter who served 18 years in state government in the position of commissioner of the Bureau of Human Resources, also for Governors Janklow, Rounds and Daugaard; and, Deb Bowman (posthumously) who served as Senior Advisor to Governors Janklow, Rounds and Daugaard and also as Cabinet Secretary for the Department of Social Services under Governor Rounds.

U.S. Senator and former Governor Mike Rounds will be our guest presenter for this award.

7 PM
Adjourn