Dave Maschhoff, senior consultant for The Maschhoffs, grew up on the family farm near Carlyle, Illinois. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University—Carbondale, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in General Agriculture in 1979. Dave was awarded the Service to Agriculture Award in 2005 from the College of Agricultural Sciences at SIU-Carbondale. He is also a graduate of the Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow (ALOT) program sponsored by the Illinois Farm Bureau. Dave has served ten years on the Clinton County Farm Bureau board in addition to serving on the local school board and church committees. He is currently an elder at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoffman, Illinois.