Gary DeCramer

Areas of Expertise

Political leadership, reflective practice, program evaluation, rural development, transportation policy, cooperative development

Biography

Gary DeCramer has served as a state senator representing the southwestern region of Minnesota, as state director of USDA Rural Development, principal planning analyst for Hennepin Countys Office of Planning and Development, senior fellow in the Humphrey Institute's State and Local Policy Program and the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies, and interim president of Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota. He formerly was a board member for Project Harvest Hope, an organization dedicated to values-based economic and agricultural development in the villages of the Transylvanian region of Romania. DeCramer chairs the board of directors of DARTS, a nonprofit organization whose 200 employees and 1,300 volunteers provide transportation, care giver, and other services throughout Dakota County.

Gary is the director of the Humphrey Institute's mid-career Master of Public Affairs program. He teaches in that program and in the University's leadership minor.

He holds a master's degree in English from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Courses Taught

For syllabi for the current semester, view the University of Minnesota's Course Guide. For syllabi for public affairs classes for Fall 2007 or earlier, view the Humphrey Institute's course syllabi web page. Syllabi are available in alternative formats. Please send requests to Stacey Grimes, Humphrey Institute Office of the Associate Dean (grime004@umn.edu).

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No Fall 2009 courses.