Even Returns to State Government

Former South Dakota Agriculture Secretary Bill Even will be South Dakota’s next commissioner in the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Even led the South Dakota Agriculture Department from 2007-to-2010. Even went onto a role with Pioneer before taking over as the chief executive officer of the National Pork Board in 2016. Even will officially leave the Pork Checkoff on May 1 and will begin in the Governor’s Office of Economic Development on May 2.