Nate Hultgren is the CEO of the Hultgren Farms.  He is a fourth generation farmer and farms in partnership with his brother, Noah, and father, Duane.  Hultgren Farms is a diverse crop farm raising sugarbeets, corn, soybeans, kidney beans, sweet corn, peas, industrial hemp and alfalfa.  The company also has a pastured cow-calf beef operation and sells this beef at retail through farmers markets, subscription delivery, and online.  Hultgren Farms is a partner in Meadow Star Dairy, which is located adjacent to the farm and milks 8,500 cows.  Hultgren Farms is a partner in CY Harvesting, which chops forages for the dairy.  Nate serves as chairman on the board of directors for Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative and is past president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association. 

He is a 1995 MACCRAY graduate and has a Finance degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.  He and his wife Jaime have five children: Lily, Nora, Elias, Ruby, and Oliver.  In his spare time he enjoys golf and fantasy football.

I am the Ag Lender Vice President at Bravera Bank in Kerkhoven. Working at a small community bank, I have the opportunity to wear many hats. My primary role is an Ag Lender. I am grateful for the path that has lend me to lending and the experiences I've received along the way. 

I have three kids. The KMS district is where we call home. We enjoy four wheeling, camping, fishing and road trips. 

I am excited to be part of West Central MN CEO and look forward to watching the communities come together to make this program a success. 

Jon De Groot is the Superintendent of Central Minnesota Christian School. His passion is to develop leaders and prepare students to encounter Jesus throughout their educational journey and equip them for life. Before coming to CMCS, he spent nine years planting a church in Sioux Falls and another nine years working as a campus minister and theology professor at Dordt University. He obtained a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Transformational Leadership from Bethel University. He is happily married to Kara, his wife of 19 years, and is the proud father of two active boys, Moses and Griffin. Jon is a cycling enthusiast and triathlete. He loves to read broadly, roast his own coffee, lead worship, and dabble in Jazz.

Peyton Mills is the High School Principal at Renville County West.  Prior to coming to RCW, Peyton was a high school social studies teacher in central Minnesota for one year in Parkers Prairie and two years in Waubun Ogema White Earth. 

Peyton is excited to join the West Central CEO program as he feels like it is a great way to provide authentic education to students. The program allows students to practice real world skills and to prepare themselves for whatever their plans might be after high school, whether that be post secondary enrollment or out into the job force. 

Jordan Zeller is Renville County’s Economic Developer. He has nearly 20 years of economic development experience working with entrepreneurs looking to start businesses, and well as helping existing business grow and thrive.