About Us: Youth Advisory Council

The 16-member Youth Advisory Council assists South Dakota Voices for Children in shaping policies and programs to ensure the well-being of all children in South Dakota by providing information reflecting youth's experience, assisting in developing a policy agenda, and assisting in advocacy on behalf of children and youth. Members, who are chosen through an application process, may serve from the year of their appointment through the senior year in high school.

Members of South Dakota Voices for Children's Youth Advisory Council at the 2010 Children’s Day at the Capitol in Pierre: (front row left to right) Jackie Wilson, Rapid City; Sam Leidholt, Pierre, vice chair; Doug Kronaizl, Vermillion; Lexy Hanson, Winner. Center row: Joey Knofczynski, Pierre; Jarrett Fowler; Sturgis, Spenser Foster, Flandreau; Gus Campbell, Aberdeen; Ali Britzman, Brandon. Back row: Kirsten Titze, Watertown; Shelby Bergeson, Philip; Mallory Young, Spearfish; Janesa Bakeberg, Spearfish; Tara Andresen, Britton, chair; Anne Jensen, Arlington.

Current members include:

Janesa Bakeberg, chair, Spearfish Gus Campbell, vice chair, Aberdeen Tara Andresen, chair, Britton Shelby Bergeson, Philip Ali Britzman, Brandon Spenser Foster, Flandreau Jarrett Fowler, Sturgis Lexy Hanson, Winner

Anne Jensen, Arlington Joey Knofczynski, Pierre Douglas Kronaizl, Vermillion Sam Leidholt, vice chair, Pierre Kirsten Titze, Watertown Jacqueline Wilson, Rapid City Mallory Young, Spearfish Taylor Yseth, Sioux Falls

Advisers: Barb Cutler, Aberdeen; Dr. Thom Flamboe, Aberdeen