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)