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Rick Hunsaker

Executive Director Region XII Council of Governments

Rick Hunsaker is a graduate of Drake University, receiving a B.A. in 1988 and a Masters of Public Administration in 1990. He has served since 1995 as Executive Director of Region XII Council of Governments in Carroll, a regional agency serving 6 counties and 59 cities in west central Iowa, as well as its two affiliate non-profit corporations. Hunsaker serves on the Board of Directors for the Iowa Association of Regional Councils (past chair), the Association of Iowa Workforce Partners, Carroll Area Development Cooperation, and Western Iowa Advantage, an eight county cooperative marketing group. He serves on the Alcoholic Beverages Commission for the State of Iowa, having been appointed by Governor Tom Vilsack in 2006. Mr. Hunsaker is a member of several historic preservation advocacy groups.