Ashley Wenger serves as Sanford Health’s Senior Vice President of Employee Experience, Education, and Workforce Relations. In this role, Ashley spearheads employee experience, education, and workforce relations strategy for the Sanford Health organization.

Through her leadership of Sanford’s Employee Experience, Leadership Education & Development (LEAD), Health Equity, Employee Relations, and Labor Relations teams, Wenger creates synergies across these areas and partners with Sanford leaders to influence operational decisions that reflect Sanford’s core belief that its people are its greatest resource.

 A labor and employment lawyer by training and first career, Wenger-Slaba graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2004, and the University of Minnesota law school in 2007.

Ashley is active in the Sioux Falls community where she lives with her four children. Ashley serves on the Board of Directors and Human Resource Committee for Volunteers of America-Dakotas, sits on the Adventure Elementary PTO, and serves on the Annual Meeting and Thought Leadership Committees for Sanford Health.

Ashley is also appointed as a South Dakota representative to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (“WICHE”), where she serves as a commissioner and member of WICHE’s Behavioral Health Oversight Council and Programs & Services Committee.