Dale Dueland, Vice Chairman
Phone: 308-345-6163
Email: dmandue@ocsmccook.com
Dale operates a family farm and ranch north of McCook and actively serves the community in several organizations. He is a life-long resident of McCook and is a graduate of McCook Senior High School and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His career background includes work in agricultural real estate sales and agricultural finance consulting.
He currently serves as a director and officer of the Frenchman Valley Farmers Coop, and has done so for over 15 years. In addition to his local farm cooperative service, he has served on advisory committees for cooperative and general agricultural policy development and legislation at the state and national level.
In McCook, he currently serves the city as President of the McCook Economic Development Corporation and Chairman of the McCook Planning Commission.
He is a volunteer and active booster of the arts in the McCook area as both a founding and current board member of the McCook Arts Council for nearly 20 years. He also continues to support the arts as a board member of the McCook Concert Association, advisor to the Norris Park “Hot Summer Nights” summer concert series sponsored by the McCook National Bank, and advisor to productions at the Fox Theatre and the “Live at the Bieroc” series at Sehnert’s Bakery and Bieroc Café.
Dale’s wife Mary is a fourth grade teacher in the McCook Public Schools and also serves in many leadership roles both in the McCook Public School system and in the community. Together they are actively involved in the production of the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival every year in McCook in early June. They have a daughter Anna, son-in-law Zach Hunnicutt, and grandson Everett, who live in Aurora and farm near Giltner, Nebraska. They also have a son Neal who is completing his studies at the University of Nebraska – Omaha.
“I firmly believe in the vision and mission of the McCook Community Foundation” Dale comments. “This organization can really make a difference when it comes to improving the well being of families in our community. I am very interested in improving and promoting the quality of life of this area and feel the McCook Community Foundation plays a pivotal role in that effort”.