Jeff Holden has been employed by the State of South Dakota since 1985. He was the director of the South Dakota State Energy Conservation Program from 1985 through 1989. From 1989-1992, he served as director of the South Dakota Community Assistance Program, managing Community Services Block Grant, Victims of Crime Assistance and Domestic Violence Programs. In 1992, he was appointed director of the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and added duties of director of the South Dakota Division of Human Rights in 1997. He became director of the South Dakota Office of Procurement Management in July of 1999. He was NASPO President in 2007-2008 and is currently on the NASPO Board of Directors. He is also currently the chair of the NASPO Cooperative Purchasing Committee. Holden is a graduate of Yankton College in Yankton South Dakota, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He and his wife Staci have three children, Halli, a graduate school student at the University of South Dakota, Sam, a senior at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, and Mollie, a senior at T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre.