Frank is a cultural transition and rural development expert with 30 years of experience at the local, state, and federal levels as an employee and business owner. As co-owner of Rural Community Solutions, his passionate specialty is to advance collaborative environments in individual, business, community, and worship settings. RCS shapes small rural communities to attract and retain entrepreneurs in rural America through coaching/mentoring, merchandise, and consulting., specializing in communities with fewer than 8,000 residents and counties with fewer than 20,000. With 35 years of local, county, state, and federal community economic development and policy experience, Frank’s career-long focus on rural wealth growth has been through entrepreneurship. Frank’s passionate specialty is cultural transformation to repopulate and create wealth in Rural America. Frank has worked with hundreds of rural communities through his experience with USDA-Rural Development Iowa, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, local chamber and economic development organizations, and through operating private businesses. He has worked with and for governors in Nebraska and South Dakota.