Heartland is governed by a ten-member board of directors, each elected to represent a designated subdivision within Heartland's service territory. Directors are elected 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. Subdivision 10 is made up of the cities of Groton, Madison and Volga, South Dakota. These cities later elected to be annexed into the district.


Our board functions in the best interest of our customers and 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.

Dan O'Connor President Subdivision 2 Clay, Union & Yankton Counties	Merlin VanWalleghen Vice President Subdivision 7 Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Miner & Sanborn Counties	Kay Anderson Secretary Subdivision 4 Lincoln County and Split Rock Township of Minnehaha County
Dave Westbrock Treasurer Subdivision 10 All municipalities included within the District.	Roger Fritz Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Subdivision 9 Brookings, Codington, Deuel & Hamlin Counties	Mark Joffer Subdivision 1 Bon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook & Turner Counties
Larry Nielson Subdivision 3 Brown, Buffalo, Hand, Hyde, Jerauld & Spink Counties	Ed Lamers Subdivision 5 Day, Grant, Marshall & Roberts Counties	Jeff Heinemeyer Subdivision 6 Beadle, Clark, Kingsbury, Lake & Moody Counties
Lisa Rave Subdivision 8 Minnehaha County, excluding Split Rock Township thereof