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| 2003 EDA Conference Photo Gallery |
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 Conference Kickoff Yankton Economic Development Bus Tour
Guide – Ron Kraft
For further information about Yankton Area Economic Development, visit www.yanktonsd.com. |
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 Conference attendees during Mark Drabenstott's lunch presentation |
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| Ernest Goss is currently the Jack MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics at Creighton University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from The University of Tennessee in 1983. He is a former faculty research fellow at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and will be a scholar-in-residence at the U.S. Congressional Budget Office for 2003-04. He has published over eighty research studies focusing primarily on economic forecasting and on the statistical analysis of business and economic data. His research paper entitled, "The Internet's Contribution to U.S. Productivity Growth," received the National Association of Business Economics' Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Papers Award for 2001. His book, Changing Attitudes toward Economic Reform during the Yeltsin Era was published by Prageger Press in August 2003.
He is a member of the Editorial Board of The Review of Regional Studies and editor of Economic Trends, an economics newsletter published three times per year. He is the past president of the Omaha Association of Business Economics, and President-elect of the Nebraska Purchasing Management Association.
Goss produces a monthly business conditions index for the nine state Mid-American region and the three state Mountain region. Survey results are cited each month in approximately 100 newspapers. Newspaper citations have included the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Sun Times and other national and regional newspapers and magazines. Each month 75-100 radio stations carry his Regional Economic Report. |
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Mark Drabenstott is a seasoned observer of the agricultural and rural economies who has gained national and international recognition for his economic analysis and policy insights. Mark was awarded the Hatch Memorial Medal by USDA in 1999 and received the Henry Wallace Award for outstanding contributions in research from Iowa State University in 2001.
Mark is a native of Markle, Indiana, where he grew up on his family's farm and learned agriculture and basketball firsthand. Mark earned a bachelor's degree from Earlham College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State University. Mark and his wife Peggy live in Kansas City, Missouri, and are the parents of two sons and a daughter.
Mark joined the Bank in 1981 and was named a vice president in 1990. Throughout his career at the Bank, Mark has been an ardent observer of the leading issues facing the food and agriculture sector and the rural economy, publishing more than a hundred articles and editing four books. Mark is a frequent speaker before industry, university, and public policy audiences throughout the nation. On more than a dozen occasions, he has testified before Congress on rural and agricultural policy issues.
Mark now directs the Center for the Study of Rural America, the focal point in the Federal Reserve System for research on rural and agricultural issues. The Center publishes a monthly newsletter on the rural economy (The Main Street Economist) and hosts an annual conference on rural policy issues. In addition to his regular duties, Mark serves on the U.S. delegation to an OECD committee that tracks global trends in rural issues. He is also a director of the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
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Mary Gunderson's presentation brought Lewis & Clark's journal alive with details of the foods they shopped for, hunted, prepared, and ate. The audience learns how the Expedition developed from a kernel of an idea in Thomas Jefferson's imagination to become one of the enduring symbols of American exploration and why it still matters to us. Mary calls her fact-filled, entertaining approach to food history, Paleocuisineology®. Mary's recipes use authentic ingredients designed for modern tastes and kitchens. Guests can take them home or on the trail for their own personal Lewis and Clark experience.
Mary is the author of The Food Journal of Lewis and Clark: Recipes for an Expedition, official cookbook for the National Council Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, and the first book ever about journey food, Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In addition, she's written five other books about food and history, including Pioneer Farm Cooking, Cowboy Cooking, and Oregon Trail Cooking. Formerly she has been a staff editor for Better Homes and Gardens magazine, food editor of Farm Journal, staff writer for the Minneapolis Star, and a writer and consultant to many other publications and food companies. She moved back to her native South Dakota in 1996 to write about the Missouri River and food on the Great Plains. Her company, History Cooks® produces books and presentations that bring history alive through cooking. History Cooks® is based in Yankton, South Dakota on the Missouri River and on the web: www.historycooks.com |
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Matt Chase joined the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) in March 1997. He served as the Director of Legislative Affairs until August 2000 when he was named the Deputy Executive Director. His primary responsibility was to manage the association's legislative and regulatory advocacy program. He was responsible for the association's weekly newsletter, NADO News, the annual policy conference, and congressional and federal agency outreach efforts. He serves as NADO's liaison to the Congressional Rural Caucus and the National Rural Network. He was also involved in membership, research, and education initiatives.
*In October 2003, Matt Chase was appointed Director of NADO. Prior to joining NADO, he was the Chief Operating Officer of the Professional Managers Association. He holds a bachelor's degree from Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY and a master's degree in political management from The George Washington University. He is a member of the American Society of Association Executives and the American League of Lobbyists. He has also served on the Alumni Steering Committee for the Graduate School of Political Management. |
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 Conference attendees during Monday afternoon sessions at the Technical Education Center |
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 EDA Panel - (L to R) Van Lindquist, Black Hills Council of Govts., Matt Chase (NADO), Forlesia Willis (EDA), Paul Hildebrandt (EDA) |
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Dr. James Beddow is a product of rural South Dakota. A native of Woonsocket, he graduated from the honors program at University of South Dakota and received a PhD in Agricultural History from the University of Oklahoma. After a fifteen year career in teaching and academic administration, he was appointed President of Dakota Wesleyan University in 1981. In 1994, Beddow was the Democratic candidate for Governor. He served as Vice President of Learning at the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society from 1995-2002. He left the Society in April 2002 to help found the Rural Learning Center where he currently serves as the Executive Director. |
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Don Macke is Co-Director of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, a Rural Policy Research Institute National Research and Policy Center with founding support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Center. Don's current work focuses on entrepreneurship in rural America.
Don Macke has nearly 25 years of experience working in the field of community and economic development. Over these years, Don has specialized in rural development and policy. Previous experience includes working in the Nebraska Unicameral as a policy advisor, involvement in a national consulting cooperative (project experience in 23 states, the Caribbean, and Canada), and serving on the Cabinet of the Nelson Administration where Don headed the Nebraska Rural Development Commission.
Don was born in Sterling, Colorado and grew up in western Nebraska (Mullen and Ogallala). He received BS and MA degrees from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Don is married to Jenny Carve and has two sons. Don, Jenny and their families live in Lincoln, Nebraska. |
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