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Kristie Fiegen was appointed to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission by Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Aug. 9, 2011, to fill a vacancy on the commission. Kristie was then elected to the commission in November 2012, to serve a six-year term. She served as vice chairman of the PUC in 2012. She is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Committee on Gas.
Prior to joining the PUC, Kristie was the president of
Junior Achievement of South Dakota for 17 years and was recognized as the top Junior Achievement USA President in 2008. Under Kristie's leadership, participation in Junior Achievement increased from
2,400 to more than 44,000 students annually and her team was named among the top eight franchises in
the country nine times. Kristie's career also includes serving as the South Dakota area manager for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for nine years and as a sales representative for Monsanto Company.
Kristie's public service career includes four terms in
the South Dakota House of Representatives, from
1993 to 2001. While a legislator, she served as chair of the House Health and Human Service Committee.
She has been active in Rotary, the United Way and Toastmasters, and is an active member of Central Baptist Church.
Kristie earned a bachelor's degree in commercial economics and agricultural business from South Dakota State University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of South Dakota. She grew up on her family's farm near Chancellor, S.D., and is a graduate of Parker High School. Kristie and her husband, Tim, live in Sioux Falls with their sons, Alexander and Jackson.
January 2013
