Tracie Bettenhausen works in communications at Basin Electric Power Cooperative, an electric cooperative serving nine states. She is founder of Basin’s Backyard Garden, an employee-tended garden from which all produce is donated through the Hunger Free North Dakota project. She serves as immediate past chair on the International Association of Business Communicators Pacific Plains Region board. Her passions include reading, music, football, her cats, listening to podcasts, biking, and working with smart people.