Before joining Lawson Kroeker Investment Management in 2006, he was a Vice President and Senior Investment Manager at Wells Fargo Private Client Services. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Mr. Van Kooten was a portfolio manager and analyst with several Omaha-based investment management companies. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Finance from Iowa State University

Thomas J. Sudyka, Jr., CFA, is Managing Director at Lawson Kroeker Investment Management. Mr. Sudyka holds an M.B.A. from the University of Nebraska and a B.S. in Finance from Creighton University. Before joining Lawson Kroeker Investment Management in 1999, Mr. Sudyka was a managing Director and Founding Partner of BPI Global Asset Management. Prior to founding BPI, Mr. Sudyka was a portfolio manager with several large Midwest-based investment management companies.

Mr. Clauser has over 15 years of investment management experience. Prior to joining Lawson Kroeker in 2015, Mr. Clauser was a senior analyst at Tributary Capital and a Vice President at Credit Suisse in New York. He holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) in 2009.