Howie Patchin

Growing up on a small family farm in Iowa, I learned to appreciate the value of rising early, working hard and helping neighbors in need. I also gained exposure at a young age to the importance of budgeting and how to adjust to fluctuations of market prices, interest rates and tax rates. While farming wasn't in the cards for me as a career, these experiences were at my core in my educational pursuits (I have an MBA with an emphasis in finance, and an undergraduate degree in economics) and in my previous 20-year career in corporate finance and operations management....