Ron is the CEO/President of CEDA and reports directly to the agency’s Board of Directors. He joined CEDA in 2004 after a decade with the Lake City EDA and nearly twenty years experience with both private and public community and economic development. His prior affiliations with a private development company and the public sector, and now a non-profit agency, have given Ron a unique perspective on the many angles of development projects.

Ron is a graduate of the National Development Council and holds a BA from the University of Minnesota–Morris. He is a board member of the Southeast Minnesota 504 Corporation.