Education

• MS, Peru State College, 2010
• BA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1984

Courses

• CDEV 819, Community Action Strategies, Fall 2022

Publications and Other Intellectual Contributions

• Beyond Lemonade Stands to Main Street Business Development: An Assessment of a Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum, Journal of Extension, June 2017
• Introduction to Pricing for a Product or Service, University of Nebraska Extension Circular, September 2015
• Insights into Nebraska Rural Grocery Store Ownership, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
• Community Engagement: Nice Principles, Cornhusker Economics, June 2015
• Ensuring Nonprofit Impacts Through Strategic Planning, Cornhusker Economics, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016
• Nebraska Strong - Social Capital in Action, Cornhusker Economics, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Research & Grants

• Stronger Economies Together Program, Purdue University, October 2013
• Rural Transfer Opportunities, Ewing Marion Kauffman Fdn, July 2020
• Marketing Hometown America Curriculum, Michigan State University-NCRCRD, November 2019

Presentations

• A Cooperative Mindset and Its Influence on Business Formation: Findings from Rural Grocery Store Research, National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals, Indianapolis
• Focusing Communities Through Data and Engagement, Multi-State Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Collaborative, online
• Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities: A Step to Creating Communities that Rock, National Association of Community Development Extension Professional, Cleveland, OH

Awards & Honors

• Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year, Nebraska Entrepreneurial Taskforce, 2016
• Thousand Oaks Alumni Excellence Award, Peru State College, 2019
• American Rescue Plan Act Response - Excellence in Extension Team, Nebraska Extension, 2022
• Excellence in Extension - Individual Award, Nebraska Extension, 2022