Deon Vilhauer was raised in South Dakota and has called North Dakota home for the past 28 years. Growing up on a ranch 10 miles south of the SD/ND border, at an early age Deon learned there are more things that South Dakota and North Dakota have in common than what they don’t have in common.  Deon attended High School in Leola, SD, college in Aberdeen, SD and flight school in Tulsa, OK.  Deon enjoys a busy life as he is the Flight Operations Manager for the North Dakota Department of Transportation as well as ranches with his parents and sister and brother-in-law when time allows.  Deon is also a Board Member for Capital Electric Cooperative of Bismarck, North Dakota Association for Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC), Rural Development Finance Corporation (RDFC), Dakotas America and is on the Rural Development Services Committee for NDAREC.