Strategic ideas, intuition, and details. It’s not often you find this combination in the same package, but Bailey has it all! She has the ability to be completely present, make sure you are heard, and think of the big picture. When it’s time execute on an idea, her mind is two steps ahead. Bailey’s brilliant way with words is icing on the cake.

As you look at Bailey’s background and previous experiences, her combination of skills make sense. As a family consumer sciences teacher, her passion for connecting and guiding students led her to a Masters in School Counseling. She went on to teach Psychology of Human Relations for Lake Area Technical Institute. Her work as an instructor often took the form of mentoring individual students for success. Both of her degrees are from South Dakota State University. She is among a proud line of 30 family alumni who have donned the blue and the yellow. Go Jacks!

Bailey, her husband Grant, and three children, Ivy, Baron, and Burke, live on a ranch near Goodwin, South Dakota. It’s there that she finds peace in running along the dirt roads. Rolling out a yoga mat is part of Bailey’s everyday routine. She reports it has not improved her flexibility — and she won’t be posting any poses — but the calm and consistent mentality keeps her going. The average person will be relieved to know that Bailey does have a weakness. It is salt. She’ll pass up sweets for a bag of chips any day. And, if it’s not the season of calving, planting, or harvest, you can bet Bailey is attempting to coax her husband off the farm for a little rest and relaxation. Only travel requirement — good food.