Banking
Past Directors of the Division of Banking
| Public Examiners of South Dakota | |
| T.E. Blanchard | 1889 to 1892 |
| C.H. Myers | 1893 to 1894 |
| E. E. Hemingway | 1895 to 1896 |
| Maris Taylor | 1897 to 1900 |
| George C. Aurand | 1900 to 1902 |
| E.E. Hemingway | 1902 to 1904 |
| J.L. Bramble | 1904 to 1906 |
| John L. Jones | 1907 to 1910 |
| J.L. Wingfield | 1911 to 1916 |
| John Hirning | 1917 to 1918 |
| Superintendent of Banks of South Dakota |
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| John Hirning | 1919 to 1924 |
| F.R. Smith | 1925 to 1930 |
| E.H. Ruden | 1931 to 1932 |
| D.A. McCullough | 1933 |
| F. R. Strain | 1933 to 1937 |
| James E. Stewart | 1937 to 1938 |
| Erling Haugo | 1939 to 1944 |
| Vern E. Abeel | 1945 to 1953* |
| Roy H. Fenner | 1953 to 1955 |
| Gorden H. Maxam | 1955 to 1961 |
| Oscar Brosz | 1961 to 1965 |
| Herman Lerdal | 1965 to 1967 |
| Walter E. Wintrode | 1967** |
| Charles Seaman | 1967 to 1969 |
| Walter E. Wintrode | 1970 to 1979*** |
| (*Acting Superintendent of Banks from July 15, 1955 to Oct. 31, 1955) | |
| (**Chief Examiner and Acting Superintendent of Banks from July 25, 1967 to Aug. 21, 1967) | |
| (***First Director of Banking and Finance as of July 1, 1973) | |
| Director of Banking and Finance | |
| Glen F. Ritterbusch appointed Nov. 13, 1979 until Jan. 31, 1986 | |
| Patricia A. Whiteside acting Feb. 1, 1986 to March 31, 1986 | |
| Richard A. Duncan appointed Director on April 1, 1986 | |
| Director of the South Dakota Division of Banking | |
| Richard A. Duncan | April 1, 1986 to June 20, 2003 |
| Catherine M. Brandner, Acting Director | July 2003 to February 2004 |
| Roger P. Novotny | February 2004 to May 2011 |
| Bret Afdahl | May 11, 2011 to present |