Carol Goodman, executive director of the Cavalier County Job Development Authority and a farmer, is the second recipient of Rural Leadership North Dakota’s Joseph A. Chapman Leadership Award.

Rural Leadership North Dakota is a two-year NDSU Extension Service program that enables participants from farms, ranches and rural communities to become effective leaders with the ability to overcome challenges facing rural North Dakota.

The award was named for NDSU President Joseph A. Chapman, who also was the first recipient.

Goodman received the award earlier this month during graduation ceremonies in Bismarck for the program's third class.

“Carol is an outstanding leader for North Dakota,” said program director Marie Hvidsten. “She embodies the five attributes that are the foundations of the program’s leadership theory, a theory of transformational leadership. She models the way for others; inspires a shared vision for the future; looks for opportunities to improve; fosters collaboration and partnerships; and coaches, mentors others and recognizes them for their work. Carol’s mission is to improve the quality of life for North Dakotans.”

Goodman and her husband, Bernard, farm near Milton, N.D. She earned a bachelor’s degree in home economics from NDSU in 1969. She also serves on the State Board of Agriculture Research and Education and Governor’s Military Task Force. Goodman has been chair of the program’s council for six years and is past president of Economic Developers of North Dakota. She was executive director of the Langdon Chamber of Commerce from 1991-96.