Gary DeCramer

Gary DeCramer is a farm kid from SW Minnesota with a significant background in public service, including serving as a state senator representing the Southwestern region of Minnesota, as the state director of USDA Rural Development, as the principle planning analyst for Hennepin County’s Office of Planning and Development, as a senior fellow in the Humphrey Institute’s State and Local Policy Program and the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies, and as the interim president of Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. Gary is currently the director of the Humphrey Institute’s mid-career Master of Public Affairs program where he has the pleasure of working with amazing mid-career leaders. Gary’s areas of expertise are in political leadership, ethical and reflective practice, program evaluation, rural development, and board governance.
Gary’s favorite place to pubTalk – debate current issues and public affairs – is the kitchen table.