Chuck Hassebrook is Executive Director of the Center for Rural Affairs of Lyons, Nebraska.

The Center is a nationally recognized research, advocacy and development organization that supports small communities, small business and family farming and ranching. Hassebrook has served 34 years with the Center, winning changes in federal tax, farm, conservation and rural development policy.

Hassebrook serves on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, including two terms as chair, and is current Chair of the Board of the USDA North Central Region Rural Development Center. He previously served on the Nebraska Rural Development Commission, US Department of Agriculture National Commission on Small Farms, USDA Agricultural Science and Technology Review Board and the Board Bread for the World.

Chuck is a University of Nebraska graduate and a native of Platte Center, Nebraska, where his family has been engaged in farming for more than a century. He lives with his wife Kate and sons Anton and Peter in Lyons.

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