BS in Agricultural Business from Western Illinois University.

Ten years of working for the USDA.

Licensed Illinois Real Estate Managing Broker, with many years of experience in locating, analyzing and purchasing farms for clients.

Over a decade of working as a professional farm manager for a major regional bank.

Accredited by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.

Years of hands-on experience in crop and livestock farming with his family's farm in Tazewell County, Illinois.