Stephanie Ann Chester

Background

Chester, Stephanie Ann was born on October 8, 1951 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Alden Runge and Nina Lavina (Hanson) Chester.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Augustana College, 1973. Juris Doctor, University São Paolo.d., 1977. Postgraduate C.F.S.C., American Bar Association National Graduate Trust School, Evanston, Illinois, 1984.

Career

Bar: South Dakot 1977, Minnesota 1979. Assistant counselor Minnehaha County Juvenile Court Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1972-1973. Child care worker Project Threshold, Sioux Falls, 1973-1974.

Legal intern Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, 1976.

Law clerk South Dakot Supreme Court, Pierre, 1977-1978. Originations department buyer Dain Bosworth, Incorporated., Minneapolis, 1978-1979.

Vice president, trust officer 1st Bank of South Dakot, North.A., Sioux Falls, 1979-1986. Vice president First Trust Company, Incorporated., Saint Paul, 1986-1993.

Consultant Chester & Stoffels, Incorporated., Saint Paul, 1993-1994.

Lawyer Westby, Chester & Lees, P.A., 1994-1996. President Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council, 1983-1985.omment.

Achievements

• Stephanie Ann Chester has been listed as a reputable general, banker, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member fund raising committees South Dakota Symphony, Sioux Falls Community Playhouse, Augustana College, 1982-1983. Member South Dakota division National Women's Political Caucus. Member events committee Augustana College Fellows, Sioux Falls, 1984.

Board directors Young Women’s Christian Association, Sioux Falls, 1984, Sioux Falls Arena/Coliseum, 1985. Member Sioux Falls Junior Service League, 1984. Member American Bar Association, South Dakota Bar Association, Minnesota Bar Association, 2d South Dakota Judicial Circuit Bar Association, National Association Bank Women (state convention committee 1983-1985), Mensa, Network Club, Portia Club, Phi Delta Phi, Chi Epsilon.

Connections

Daughter of Alden Runge and Nina Lavina (Hanson) C.

Father:

Alden Runge Chester

Mother:

Nina Lavina (Hanson) Chester