"When planned with discipline and creativity, executed with leading-edge skills and efficiency, and measured to bottom-line goals, marketing is one of the most powerful tools to build shareholder value. This is what we do. Consistently and with unparalleled excellence."

EXPERIENCE

• Mills Financial Marketing, Storm Lake - President, founded in 1975
• Des Moines Register - In-house Editor of The Spirit
• Iowa Credit Union League Marketing Services - Charter Coordinator
• The Prescott Company, Denver, Colorado - Account Executive

EDUCATION

• Executive MBA, University of Nebraska - Omaha
• Honors Graduate, Drake University - Des Moines,Iowa

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Small Business Administration 2007 Iowa Small Business Person of the Year
• UNO Alumni Achievement Award 2005
• Drake University Distinguished Alumni Award, 2001
• Professional Leadership Recipient 1995, Storm Lake Chamber of Commerce
• Graduate School of Bankingfaculty - Madison,Wisconsin
• Chapter author, Wise Women Anthology, Choosing Stepping Stones Along the Path

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Buena Vista University Board of Trustees
• Governor-appointed Workforce Iowa Board
• UNO College of Business Administration National Advisory Board
• UNO Entrepreneurial Institute Task Force
• Rotary International, Paul Harris Fellow

BECKI HAS BEEN GUEST SPEAKER FOR

• American Banking Association Marketing Conference 2003, 2006
• Iowa Bankers Association CEO,Marketing and Leadership Conferences
• Wisconsin Bankers Association
• Jack Henry ProfitStar User Conference 2007
• Jack Henry Synapsys User Conference 2006
• Bank Administration Institute Regional Meetings
• Buena Vista University
• Iowa Bankers Leadership Institute
• Iowa Independent Bankers

SOCIAL/RELIGIOUS

• Honorary Chair for Iowa, The President's Small Business Advisory Council
• Chapter NL, PEO
• Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Elder and High School Sunday School teacher
• Past Board President, Storm Lake Chamber of Commerce
• Past Board Member, Faith, Hope and Charity
• Past Co-Chair, Buena Vista University Community Campaign
• Steering Committee, Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Community Campaign

FAMILY

• Husband, Richard Drahota, Vice President and Commercial Lender, Heritage Bank
• Daughter, Sarah, Public Relations Director, Mills Financial Marketing
• Daughter, Abby, Policy Grants Manager, Women in Government, Washington, DC

HOMETOWN

• Storm Lake, Iowa