Wayne Freese – CEO
Dr. Freese is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Prairie Holdings Group, LLC. Wayne practiced veterinary medicine for more than forty years in Worthington, MN. He is co-founder of Oxford Laboratories (now owned by Merck), Newport Laboratories, Inc., (now owned by Merial), and founder of Cambridge Technologies.
He has served as a bank director and held positions on several economic planning committees in southwest Minnesota. Dr. Freese attended Iowa State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He also received a Master’s degree in Swine Preventative Medicine from the University of Minnesota. Wayne also enjoys fishing and hunting.
Marc Freese – COO
Marc Freese is Chief Operating Officer of Prairie Holdings Group. He serves as an active board member on each of the various entities under the Prairie Holdings umbrella. Since graduating from St. John’s University with a degree in Business Management/ Finance, Marc has led various Prairie Holdings Group companies in management capacities.
The group of businesses include; Prairie Holdings Group, Ani-Logics Outdoors, Cambridge Technologies, Bakken Holdings Group, Covenant Farms, Heritage Farms, Heritage Farms Transport, Integrated Design, Equipment & Solutions, Lime Creek Ag Services, and VMC Laboratories. Marc is an avid outdoorsman and hunter.
Dave Dorpinghaus – CFO
Dave Dorpinghaus is the Chief Financial Officer of Prairie Holdings Group. His first employer in high school was Heritage Farms as the rock picking crew leader and cleaning hog barns. He graduated from South Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business and a minor in accounting. He worked in agricultural finance for 10 years before returning to work with the team at Prairie Holdings. Dave is currently enlisted in the South Dakota Army National Guard, enjoys improving the acreage that has been in his family for over 70 years, and is feeding pigs for Cambridge Technologies.
Dave currently manages finances and special projects for Prairie Holdings Group, Covenant Farms, Heritage Farms, Heritage Farms Transport, Prairie Enterprises Southwest, Ani-Logics Outdoors, Southwest Real Estate, and FFS Holdings.
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There are always new and exciting career opportunities at Prairie Holdings Center. Constant growth and expansion of current companies, and development of new companies, generates PHG’s ongoing need for a dynamic work force. This frequently causes the creation of many new positions. We are always looking for energetic people to join our 30 plus PHG family of companies.