Joined ISU Extension:
February 2000

Extension Positions/Other Experience:
Pork Enterprise Consultant/Pork Business Specialist, Land O'Lakes, 1995-2000; Farm Management Field Specialist, Iowa State University, 1993-1995; Teaching/Research Assistant, Iowa State University, 1992; Farming Systems Coordinator, Iowa State University, 1988-1992; Extension Economist, Iowa State University, 1987-1988; Forecast Specialist/Inventory Control Analyst, Sundstrand Corporation, 1985-1987; Director of Marketing Education, Custom Marketing Inc., 1984-1985.

Education:
PhD., Rural Sociology, Iowa State University, 1994
M.S.,  Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University, 1980
B.A.,  Economics/Accounting, University of Northern Iowa, 1978