Rushmore State News

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a prominent small-business association, has appointed Jason Glodt as the new state director for South Dakota. Glodt brings over two decades of legal experience in South Dakota, along with a background in campaign management, community service, and public office.

Barbara Quandt, NFIB Region Director, stated, "I am pleased to welcome Jason Glodt to NFIB as our new State Director representing South Dakota’s hard-working small business owners. Jason quite literally grew up in a small business on Main Street in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, where his family lived above the family grocery store. Glodt has also lived and worked on the main street in Pierre for the past twenty-one years. Jason is an attorney who specializes in government and public affairs, lobbying, and business law. He has served as a senior policy advisor, lobbyist, and legal counsel for Governors Rounds and Daugaard. Before working in the Office of the Governor, he worked as an Assistant Attorney General where he gained experience in litigation and served as the director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit."

Glodt's career includes being appointed by Governor Bill Janklow to serve on the South Dakota Board of Regents in 1995 and being re-appointed subsequently. He was elected Pierre City Commissioner in 2003 and again in 2006. An Eagle Scout recognized among Ten Outstanding Young South Dakotans in 2004, Glodt is active with community service groups. His leadership roles include past president positions at both the Pierre Exchange Club and Masonic Lodge and serving as Scoutmaster for Troop 27 in Pierre.