LEPC Groups

Elected Officials, Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, Fire Service, Emergency Medical Service, Public Health, Hospitals, Transportation, Environmental Organizations, Community Groups, Facility Owner/Operators, and the Media.

The LEPC publishes an annual directory list of all current members during the first quarter of the membership year. Each entity represented is restricted to one vote regardless of the number of representatives they may have active in the LEPC.

New agencies requesting membership shall make a written request to join and be represented on the LEPC at a regularly scheduled meeting.

Address

LEPC c/o Emergency Management
315 St. Joseph St. STE. B-31
Rapid City, SD 57701

LEPC Members

Chair
Richard Smith, BH American Red Cross
Vice Chair
Dean Stetson, Ellsworth Fire & Emergency Svs.
Secretary/Treasurer
Dustin Willett, Penn Co. Emergency Management
Elected state or local officials
Nancy Trautman, Penn Co. Commissioner
Jerry Wright, Rapid City Council
Law Enforcement
Deb Cady, Rapid City Police Department
Brian Mueller, Penn Co. Sheriff's Office
Emergency Management
Alexa White, Penn Co Emergency Management
Brent Kolstad, SD Office of Emergency Management
Monte Ealy, EAFB Emergency Management
Bob Cronan, EAFB Emergency Management
Emergency Medical Personnel
Jason Culberson, Rapid City Fire EMS
Health or Hospital Representatives
Larry Richmond, Sioux San Hospital
Debi Meek, Sioux San Hospital
Environmental Organization
Kayla Otto, EAFB Bioenvironmental Engineering
Media
Jack Caudill, KEVN Fox
Community Groups
Susan Sanders, National Weather Service
Mary Piper, Penn Co. Medical Reserve Corps
Marge Orem, Penn Co. Medical Reserve Corps
Chemical Storage Facilities
John Leahy, Rapid City Solid Waste Operations
Fire Service
Denny Gorton, Penn Co. Fire Administrator
Matt Culberson, Rapid City Fire Hazmat
Mark Enright, Rapid Valley VFD/ WDTI
Tom Jaros, Western Dakota Tech Fire Science