Gregory McKee, director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives, will host the 2013 Aldrich C. Bloomquist Lecture scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, at 7 a.m. at the Fargo Holiday Inn Dakota Hall room. 

Bill York, chief executive officer of AgriBank, will present “AgriBank: Serving Those Who Serve Rural America in These Volatile Times.” York is on the board of the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp. and is chair of the Presidents’ Planning Committee’s Risk Management Committee. He is an Honorary American FFA Degree recipient and serves on the University of Wisconsin at River Falls Foundation board. 

York started his career with the Farm Credit System in Wisconsin. In 1994, he joined Case Credit Corp. and in 1998, he was named president of New Holland Credit. With the merger of New Holland and Case, York served as chief credit officer and senior vice president of global operations of the newly formed CNH Capital. York earned his Master of Business Administration from Cardinal Stritch University. 

A complimentary breakfast will be served. RSVP to wendi.m.stachler@ndsu.edu no later than March 21. 

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.