Pat is the Business Development and Member Services Manager for Hawkeye REC. He is a Graduate of the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. in Business Administration. He has over twenty years of experience managing ag supply cooperatives in southern Minnesota and northeast Iowa. He currently has been in his position as Business Development Manager for over five years. In the past he has been a steering committee member for Golden Grain Energy. To prepare for the Golden Grain Energy ethanol venture he had attended the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Trade Show and an Ethanol Plant Development Workshop, plus a Land-O-Lakes Management Development Course. Also, in the past he has been a consultant with the U.S. Foreign Aid Department in Russia organizing, structuring and forming agricultural cooperatives and free enterprise entities after the breakup of the collective farm system. He currently serves on the following boards, Lime Springs Industrial Development, Vice President of the Howard County Industrial Development, Winneshiek County Industrial Development, Winneshiek County Development Planning Commission, Five County Northeast Iowa Business Network, Northeast Iowa Region Rural Vitality Committee, steering committee for the Northeast Iowa Community Development Conference, and is an IAEC Member Service Board Member. In addition to serving on the local and state boards, Pat is the Iowa representative on the NRECA National Task Force for Health Care Reform.
