Commissioner Sharon Martinisko
Sharon Martinisko
53 Taylor Street
Deadwood, SD 57732
ramnorahs@yahoo.com
(605) 578-6233
Term (May 2024 through April 2027)
Sharon Martinisko serves as Commissioner of Parks, Recreation & Events, Library Representative and Black Hills Council of Local Governments Secretary. She is in her third term as City Commissioner and is very engaged in the community serving as secretary on The Homestake Opera House Board and active member of Lead Deadwood Area Lions Club. She is also a member of the local Elks Lodge, the Main Street Initiative and served as Chair for the Deadwood Trust for Historic Preservation where she organized information nights to promote Historic Preservation programs.
Sharon and her husband John purchased an historic carriage house in 2004 spending summers in Deadwood. In 2010 they moved here permanently. Sharon began her community involvement when she went to work for NeighborWorks Dakota Home Resources as their Community Outreach Coordinator from 2010-2013. She has been involved ever since.
Prior to moving to Deadwood, Sharon lived in Wasilla, Alaska for 35 years where she taught math and science in middle school. While in Alaska she started a church food bank as well as taught Sunday school. She has a son in Woonsocket, RI, a daughter in Missoula MT, a stepson in Dallas, TX, and a stepson in McKinleyville, CA.
