Liv Stavick Selected as New SDABA Executive Director

Liv Stavick was recently hired as Executive Director for the South Dakota Agri-Business Association. She will manage all aspects of the association – from financials to event planning to lobbying during South Dakota’s legislative session.

Liv grew up south of Veblen on her family’s first-generation seedstock ranch, Stavick Simmental. She developed a deeply rooted passion for agriculture and an aspiration to protect the rural way of life while working alongside her dad and brother on the ranch. This pursuit led her to Bozeman, MT where she obtained her B.A. in Political Science and minor in Agricultural Business from Montana State University. She spent the next five years working for the Montana Farm Bureau Federation, lobbying on behalf of farmers and ranchers and coordinating their advocacy and leadership development program.

After spending nine years in the mountains, the cows called her back home to Northeast South Dakota in 2023. When Liv isn’t helping on the family ranch, you can find her reading, horseback riding, or on a long walk with her blue heeler, Newt.