The Cooperative Leadership Training Program focuses on core knowledge and skills required to be an effective leader in a Cooperative. Each year there will be a Capstone event focusing on specific topics that reflect critical issues Cooperatives are facing. To prepare for this event there will be rotating core offerings in the areas of Finance, Strategy, and Governance.

Cooperative Leadership Training

Director Training
November 17 - 18, 2026
Barry Hall, Louise S. Barry Auditorium, 811 2nd Ave N, Fargo, ND

Cooperative leaders will provide director training in two core areas:

Strategy & Finance

Core Training - Strategy Agenda
Core Training - Finance Agenda

A block of rooms is available under QBCC at the Radisson BLU, 201 5th St N, Fargo, ND. Call (701) 232-7363 or click HERE.

Registration

Cooperative Leadership Training

Capstone 2027
February 10 - 11, 2027
Barry Hall, Louise S. Barry Auditorium, 811 2nd Ave N, Fargo, ND

The Capstone Level for 2027 will be "Assessing Merger Opportunities and Strategies"

Agenda Coming Soon

A block of rooms is available under QBCC at the Radisson BLU, 201 5th St N, Fargo. Call (701)232-7363 or click HERE.

Registration

Cooperative leaders from around the state have come together to provide Director training to cooperatives within the region. The QBCC Executive Education Committee’s mission is “To serve North Dakota and Northern Plains cooperatives through education for cooperative leadership to ensure the success of our cooperative system and its interests. The focus and curriculum will be directed to those with the greatest need as determined by the QBCC Executive Education Committee.”

To do so the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives alongside CoBank, North Dakota Farmers Union, CHS, North Dakota Grain Dealers Association, Widmer Roel, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, North Dakota Cooperative Manager’s Association created its first Director Training in 2019. There was a clear need for more training within the region so the committee moved forward to plan a second year. The 2020 program included a similar Foundations level from 2019 and included a more advanced track or an Enhanced Level for those wishing to continue on from where the training left off last year.

More information coming soon

More information coming soon

More information coming soon

The Capstone Level program builds upon the knowledge and experiences of cooperative leaders to address the most difficult challenges confronting cooperative businesses. The program concentrates on selected topics that have been identified as critical issues by cooperative board members and management.

Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives

Email: frayne.olson@ndsu.edu Phone: (701) 231-7377 Page Manager