Shantel Krebs is currently CEO and regional president for Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre,SD. Prior to this role,she was a founding partner with Avera Health and Southeast Technical Institute of the Avera Academy. She served as administrator for Avera Academy,a program that trains high school students for careers in healthcare.[2] From 2019 to 2023,Krebs was also board chair and Chief Executive Officer of The Miss America Organization.[3][4]
Early life and education
Shantel Krebs was born in South Dakota and graduated from Arlington High School in Arlington,South Dakota,in 1991.[2][1]
Krebs represented the 10th district of the South Dakota Legislature from 2005 to 2015,serving in the House of Representatives from 2005-2011 and in the Senate from 2011-2015.[6] Krebs was elected to majority whip posts in both chambers and was chairwoman of the Transportation committee in the House and the Agriculture &Natural Resources committee in the Senate. She also served on the Senate Health and Human services committee. Her district included Lincoln County and Minnehaha County.[6]
Shantel Krebs,then known as Shantel Swedlund,won Miss South Dakota 1997[1][7] and competed in the Miss America 1998 competition.[8] She resides in Canton,SD with her husband,former TV news anchor Mitch Krebs. In 2016,Krebs gained media attention when she shot a rattlesnake on her back patio of her home outside Fort Pierre.[9]
On June 5,2019,Krebs,a board member of the Miss America Organization,replaced former Miss America 1989 and former Fox News personality Gretchen Carlson as Chairperson of the Miss America Organization.[8] Krebs was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame on September 10,2022.[10]
Electoral history
South Dakota House of Representatives 10th District Republican Primary Election,2002
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Matt McCaulley
3,092
40.02
Republican
Ron Williamson
2,586
30.85
Republican
Shantel Krebs
1,353
26.12
South Dakota House of Representatives 10th District Republican Primary Election,2004
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Roger Hunt
2,892
37.02
Republican
Shantel Krebs
2,566
32.85
Republican
Jarrod Johnson
2,353
30.12
South Dakota House of Representatives 10th District Election,2004
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Roger Hunt
8,375
53.44
Republican
Shantel Krebs
7,298
46.56
South Dakota House of Representatives 10th District Election,2008
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Shantel Krebs (inc.)
9,440
32.65
Republican
Roger Hunt (inc.)
7,975
27.58
Democratic
Robert Swanhorst
5,822
20.13
Democratic
MaryAnn Giebink
5,678
19.64
South Dakota Senate 10th District Election,2010
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Shantel Krebs
9,434
64.99
Democratic
George Gulson
5,083
35.01
South Dakota Senate 10th District Election,2012
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Shantel Krebs (inc.)
5,807
61.05
Democratic
Paul Thompson
3,705
38.95
South Dakota Secretary of State Election,2014
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Shantel Krebs
155,647
60.23
Democratic
Angelia Schultz
84,181
32.58
Constitution
Lori Stacey
10,258
3.97
Libertarian
Emmett Reistroffer
8,328
3.22
2018 Republican primary election –At Large Congressional District of South Dakota
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