Peter Mehlhaff is president, chief executive officer and chairman of Great Plains Bank in Eureka, South Dakota, and chairman of its holding company Great Plains Bank Corporation, positions he has held since 1990. Prior to joining Great Plains Bank, Mr. Mehlhaff worked from 1979 to 1990 for U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, in Aberdeen, South Dakota and several Minnesota communities, serving in a variety of leadership roles, including vice president and business banking lender/manager and correspondent bank officer.
Mr. Mehlhaff has served as chair and director of the South Dakota Bankers Association, chairman of Presentation College Board of Trustees, president of the Aberdeen Catholic Foundation, adjunct faculty for local college programs, Northern State University Business School Advisory Committee, and Investment Committee member of the Catholic Community Foundation for Eastern South Dakota. He is also a founding director of the Eureka Area Community Foundation and serves as a Deacon for the Aberdeen Area Pastorate.
Mr. Mehlhaff earned Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, a Master of Arts from Mount Marty University, Yankton, South Dakota, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota. He is a graduate of the Colorado Graduate School of Banking.