Staff
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Beth Adamson -Director of Prairie Family Business Association For the past nine years, Beth has worked with business owning families and professional advisors in the areas of family communication, business development and family ownership. She is an adjunct professor at the University and teaches a Family Business Dynamics class. Beth’s experience growing up in a family business provides a unique and personal desire to provide both networking and educational resources for business owning families. She received her certificate in Family Business Advising from the Family Firm Institute in 2004. Beth holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Therapy from the University of Minnesota with eighteen years of experience in sales, management and management training with the United States Chamber of Commerce. Beth and her husband Dale have four children and two grandsons. |
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Rise Jongeling-Program Director Rise (pronounced REESA) Jongeling started in the Family Business Association office in October 2007. She brings an assortment of experiences with her, including a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Education from Dakota Wesleyan University. Rise has taught and consulted in entrepreneurial workshops and seminars as well as taught at the math and sciences at the high school level. She runs her own business, RJ Signs, a seasonal specialty business in Parker SD. Her husband Gary runs Jongeling Custom Works a specialty metal frabrication plant. She has completed her Masters in Education with Emphasis on Learning and Technology from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2006. |
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