Lincoln
Chuck Hassebrook is Director of the Biochar Policy Project of the National Center for Appropriate Technology and consults on renewable energy strategy, drawing on eleven years of experience in renewable energy development.
Chuck previously served 36 years with the Center for Rural Affairs of Lyons, NE, including 17 years as its executive director. Under his leadership, the Center was instrumental in passage of state and federal farm and rural development legislation and was a leading national voice on rural issues. The Center also ran the nation’s largest rural microenterprise development program.
Chuck was elected three times to represent Northeast Nebraska on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, serving 18 years including two terms as chair. There he championed University support for rural communities and financial aid for students of modest means.
Chuck is a University of Nebraska graduate and a native of Platte Center, where his family has farmed for over a century. He lived most of his life in rural northeast Nebraska and now resides in Lincoln with his wife Kate.