Ken Risk

Biography

 Ken Risk attended Pratt Individual School of Learning in Omaha and graduated in 1966. He served in the US Navy in Vietnam from 1969 to 1971. He married Bonnie Borer in 1972. Between 1971 and 1980 Ken worked various jobs. In 1981, he founded Platte Valley Sales and Service, Inc. in Hastings, Nebraska, a retail/wholesale company specializing in residential and commercial lighting. When George Risk died in 1989, Ken assumed his father's duties as President and CEO of George Risk Industries, Inc. Ken maintained both businesses until 1996 when he sold Platte Valley Sales and Service so he could focus on George Risk Industries. Under his leadership, George Risk Industries grew from 75 employees to more than 150, added a 10,000 building to the main plant and opened a satellite plant in Gering, Nebraska. Ken was very involved in the Tom & Nancy Osborne Teammates Mentoring Program and served on the Program Board from 2003–2009, its Foundation Board from 2008–2013 and on the Kimball Area Teammates Board of Directors. Additionally, he served on the Nebraska Aeronautics Board of Directors, the Kimball County Aeronautics Board of Directors and Greater Nebraska Work Task Force's Board of Directors. In 2012, he accompanied Nebraska Governor Heineman to China on a trade commission trip. Ken Risk passed away in 2013.

Research Interest

 engineering