South Dakota Hall of Fame names Becvar as next CEO

CHAMBERLAIN — Laurie Becvar has been named the CEO of the South Dakota Corridor of Fame, the group’s board of administrators introduced Tuesday.

Becvar, who most not too long ago served as president and COO of Loopy Horse Memorial Basis, succeeds present CEO Greta Chapman, who’s retiring on Might 31 after holding the place for eight years.

“It’s really an honor to have been chosen to steer the South Dakota Corridor of Fame — a corporation capturing the wealthy tales of excellence all through the state and sharing that information to encourage, educate, and be taught,” Becvar stated in a press release. “My South Dakota roots are deep. My household got here to Dakota Territory in 1870, and this historical past and the Corridor’s mission and imaginative and prescient encourage me to pay tribute to historic legacies and to champion excellence in our stunning South Dakota.”

Becvar involves the South Dakota Corridor of Fame with over 20 years of government management expertise in non-profit and for-profit organizations in addition to in greater schooling. She earned her Grasp of Arts and Doctorate Levels in Greater Schooling Administration from College of South Dakota in Vermillion.

The South Dakota Corridor of Fame, established in 1974, has its bodily museum situated in Chamberlain. The corridor yearly elects as much as 10 folks for induction into its corridor of fame.