Trustee David Paskach

Congressional District #7 Legislative District #21A Term Dates: July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2008 70 Shoreview Circle Cottonwood, MN 56229 Home: 507-423-5533 Email: David.Paskach@so.mnscu.edu

Paskach is an attorney in Cottonwood, Minnesota. He was an executive with the Schwan Food Company until 2006, most recently as President of the Schwan's Venture Group, responsible for all of the Company's mergers and acquisitions, as well three non-integrated subsidiaries. He began his career with Schwan in November of 1989 as a Corporate Attorney. He was promoted to Senior Attorney in 1993 and to General Counsel in 1997. In 1999, his responsibilities were expanded beyond law when he was promoted to the position of Vice President of Administration and General Counsel. In 2002 he was named Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary until his promotion to President of the Venture Group in 2005. Paskach served as Interim Chief Operating Officer of the Southwest Initiative Foundation for a year after leaving Schwan.

Before joining Schwan, Paskach practiced law in Iowa and served four years on active duty as a judge advocate in the United States Air Force. He continued his Air Force career as a reserve judge advocate until his retirement at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in December of 2004. Paskach received his J.D. in 1983 from the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, Illinois, and his bachelor of science degree in accounting in 1980 from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He is admitted to the bars of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.

Paskach is a member of the Board of Directors of Boys Hope Girls Hope and Pioneer Public Television, and President of Lakeview Dollars for Scholars. He has also served as adjunct faculty at SMSU. He and his wife Kyong Ae reside in Cottonwood with their four sons.

Governor Jesse Ventura appointed Paskach to the Board of Trustees in 2002 for a six-year term expiring June 30, 2008