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Hands-On Work With The Black Hills Stock Show Foundation
Directors Fill Important Role
Rapid City, SD -- Lynn Husman remembers his first Stock Show rodeo.
"We went to the ticket window at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center on an
afternoon to order tickets for that evening's performance - front row
seats," he recalls.
 That was 25 years ago. Times have changed.
"Now," he says with a laugh, "instead of ordering tickets two
hours in advance, I'm ordering tickets two months in advance - and front row
seats are hard to come by."
It's that level of event growth that he has marveled at over the years. That,
along with discussions about the roles a non-profit support organization plays
in supporting South Dakota's second largest public event, led him to a decision
to become involved in the Black Hills Stock Show Foundation.
Elected as a director to the Foundation serving a three year term, Husman who
is a South Dakota native and long-time Rapid City businessman, believes the
Foundation offers much in the way of public service and is capable of being the
vehicle through which to offer even more.
"That requires educating more and more people about the outstanding work
the Foundation has been doing behind the scenes for many years," he
observes. "The pursuits of promoting the heritage of the founders of what
is now known as the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo, along with raising funds
and administering grass roots scholarship and grant programs, are all things I
can get behind."
Having built his career over the past 20 years with a locally-owned building
supply and truss company, Dakota Craft, he recognizes the importance of
continuity and the uniqueness of what a business that hasn't experienced
multiple transitions has to offer.
He sees similarities in the Foundation as a core working group that
continually seeks input and forms much of its direction from interests who have
a history in the early, formative years of the stock show. "From that basis
of information , a lot of good work is done," believes Husman. "It's a
solid foundation to work from - whether it's a business or service
organization."
Traveling extensively in his work for a company that serves customers in the
Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska, Husman enjoys the contact that
affords him with people in a a geographic location that mirrors, for the most
part, the region of interests addressed by the Black Hills Stock Show
Foundation.
"It's among the strengths that Lynn brings to the Foundation,"
observes Joe Norman, president of the nonprofit organization established in
1993. "We do strive to always be attuned to grass roots needs. That changes
continually. Those who serve the Foundation, directors representing a wide cross
section of personal and professional interests, are the eyes and ears for the
Foundation. Those perceptions help us stay focused on the mission of preserving
the legacy while investing in the future."
High on the list of outside interests in the Husman family that includes wife
Becky and son and daughter Lance and Lacee, is a 20 year involvement in the
quarter horse industry. Lynn, who has served with various boards such as the
Wyoming All Breeds Assn. and who remains active in the South Dakota Racing
Assn., continue to market and race horses.
"The horse business has been good to our family," he notes.
"And we have been fortunate to live and work in the rural environment we
enjoy.
"It's time to give something back. I see working with the Foundation as
a way to do that."
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