Max Tushla
Media Specialist, Black Hills Studio
An SDPB intern for several semesters, Max Tushla officially joins the SDPB team as a multi- media specialist and will be based in Rapid City. Tushla previously studied political science and reported for The Volante at the University of South Dakota.
Eric Erickson
VP of Corporate Underwriting
Eric Erickson is a transplant from Southwest Minnesota in high school, graduating from Brandon Valley and then SDSU. While studying radio, TV and film at SDSU, Erickson interned at SDPB in the Brookings studio and started the campus radio station, KSDJ.
Out of college, Erickson spent three years with commercial radio stations in Brookings before working for Swiftel Communications. For the past 20 years, Erickson has been in technology sales for companies such as Century Link and SDN Communications.
Erickson’s wife is a special education teacher in Sioux Falls. Together they have 3 children. Erickson is involved in the Downtown Sioux Falls Rotary, serves as “tech guy” at his church and the third string drummer.
About coming to work for SDPB, Erickson says, “It is such a thrill to work for SDPB! I love South Dakota and the unique qualities of its people and places. To be associated with the network that tells the story of South Dakota is a dream come true. I am so eager to meet the people and the organizations that support this essential resource.”