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Deb Soholt's Biography

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Full Name:

Deb Soholt

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Jerry; 3 Children: Josh, Sam, Molly

Birth Date:

01/29/1956

Birth Place:

Mayville, ND

Home City:

Sioux Falls, SD

MS, Nursing, South Dakota State University, 1990

BS, Nursing, University of North Dakota, 1978

Senator, South Dakota State Senate, District 14, 2013-present

Member, Board of Directors, Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, present

Candidate, South Dakota State Senate, District 14, 2018

Majority Whip, South Dakota State Senate, 2015-2016

Executive Board Member, Legislative Research Council (LRC), 2013-2014

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Legislative Procedure, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Procedure Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Chair, Leverage Telehealth and Telemedicine Joint Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, State Affairs Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Director of Women's Health, Avera McKennan, 1993-present

Chair, Advisory Board, Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment, 2017-present

Co-Chair, National Conference of State Legislatures Health Innovation Task Force, present

Member, South Dakota State University Foundation Council of Trustees, present

Member, Advisory Board, Center for Women, University of Sioux Falls

Member, Board of Directors, National Women in Balance

Member, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

Member, Minnehaha County Board of Health

Board Member, Sioux Falls Community Health

Former President, South Dakota Board of Nursing

Former President, South Dakota Nurses Association

Co-Chair, Blue Ribbon Task Force for Education Funding Reform, 2016

Chair, Jolene's Law Task Force (Prevent Sexual Abuse), 2014-2016

Member, Boway Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, 2014

Chair, Domestic Violence Interim Committee, 2013

Fellow, National Conference of State Legislatures Early Learning, 2013

Names of Grandchildren:

Jake, Maya

Number of Grandchildren:

2 Grandchildren

Pets (include names):

Yellow Lab (Lambeau)

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