About Ashley

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Ashley Kingdon-Reese

MBHCA, LNC (c), SANE Trained, BSN, RN, ANAI Scholar, Goldman Sachs 10KSB Alumni

Ashley is devoted to making the health system work better for everyone. Ashley works diligently to unite nurses from all fields, motivates members to get involved, creates tools that enhance outcomes, and promotes ANA's mission. As an entrepreneurial nurse, she appreciates and encourages innovation and collaboration; she has been called upon to influence the health of her community beyond the treatment of illness and curative interventions; but through advocacy and nurse collaboration.

Ashley currently serves as The Government Relations Committee Chair for SDNA, in her second elected term.

As Treasurer, President, and Relations Committee Member for District 5-7 with the South Dakota Nurses Association, Ashley has worked successfully on several legislative projects. Some of these projects include:

  • Nurses Day at Legislature

  • Federal medicaid expansion (Amendment D)

  • Protecting citizen rights to initiate measures through ballot efforts

  • (Amendment C)

  • SANE steering committee

  • Beadle County COVID taskforce

  • Best practices for behavioral health

Ashley also completed ANAI lobbyist program in 2021. She has developed the skills and gained the experience to have been nominated for Director at Large for ANA. Many of the barriers we have addressed in our state are also national concerns that Ashley will work to overcome.