CEO of Farm Progress Companies, Lombard, IL, - Largest Ag Publisher in the USA, 1983 - 2002. the company was owned by American Broadcasting Company (Capital Cities/ABC), the Walt Disney Company and then sold to Rural Press LTD, Sidney, Australia.
Deputy Under Secretary, US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development - Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and served till 2009.
Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. - Our private business started in 2004 covering Ag and rural policy in Washington, DC 2009 - present.
Post Graduate Courses and continuing education taken over the years at various institutions.