animal science, received the 2013 Bruce Cottington Friend of Dairy Award from the Minnesota Milk Producers Association. He serves on various advisory committees for the association and was honored for his lifelong passion and dedication to the dairy industry. A senior financial services executive at AgStar Financial Services, he also is a founding development committee member of the Southeast Minnesota Ag-Alliance, an organization dedicated to enhancing the productivity and profitability of the southeastern Minnesota livestock and crop sectors.