Recreating Rural America:
The New Main Street Economy

Mark Drabenstott
Vice President & Director
Center for the Study of Rural America
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Drabenstott is a seasoned observer of the agricultural and rural economies who has gained national and international recognition for his economic analysis and policy insights. He is a native of Markle, Indiana, where he grew up on his family's farm. He earned a bachelor's degree from Earlham College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State University.

Drabenstott has been with the Federal Reserve Bank since 1981 and was named a vice president in 1990. In October of 1998, Mark was named director of the newly established Center for the Study of Rural America. The Center serves as the Federal Reserve's focal point for research on rural and agricultural issues.

Mark also provides leadership to a number of national organizations. He is chair of the National Policy Association's Food and Agriculture Committee and a director of the National Bureau of Economic Research at Harvard University.

Free parking. The University Inn and Cumberland Place are operated by the same management and occupy adjacent properties. You can park at one facility and easily walk to the other. Ag Forecast will conclude in enough time for Ag Fish Fry ticket holders to walk to Cumberland Place.

Purdue Agricultural Alumni Association, Pfendler Hall of Agriculture, Room 107, 715 W. State Street,
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2061    Phone: (765) 494-8593   Fax: (765) 494-9626
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