During his 30-year career, Joel Ebbertt has held officer and director level positions with two multi-billion dollar agribusinesses, involved in planning and development, sales and marketing, and training and development. Additionally, he has worked as a consultant with many other major agriculturally-based companies and has presented hundreds of training programs, workshops, and speeches.

Ebbertt recently assumed the position of Vice President, Organizational Consulting with Right Management Consultants in Overland Park, Kansas. From early 2000 through mid 2001, Ebbertt operated Ebbertt Consulting, LLC. His clients during that time included H&R Block, United Agri Products (ConAgra), Boeing Military and Missile Systems, Monsanto, Syngenta, Mycogen and other agribusinesses.

For nine years at Farmland Industries, Inc., Ebbertt led and directed the Retail Agribusiness Consulting Services Department, as well as the Strategic Business Analysis Department. As Director of SYSTEM 21, he also developed vertically integrated business processes and infrastructure to capture strategic business opportunities within the emerging value enhanced seed and grain industry.

At Agri Business Group in Indianapolis, Ebbertt was a business consultant in strategic planning and business analysis, training and organizational development, market research and market strategy development. Among his clients were major manufacturers, distributors and retailers in plant nutrition, crop protection, equipment, feed and grain, and foods.

Earlier in his career, he was the human resources and training officer and a regional supervisor for the Farm Credit Banks in Louisville and affiliated Farm Credit associations in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee for seven years. He also taught in public schools for seven years and was a college administrator for two years.

Ebbertt has a B.A. degree from Purdue University, an M.S. degree from the University of Louisville, and an Executive M.B.A. from Rockhurst University in Kansas City.