Friends,

I have created this site to serve as a venue to discuss issues facing small business and other issues in our state and how we can overcome challenges we face in this global marketplace.

I remain so grateful to the many people across the state and our nation who encouraged me to run for the U.S. Senate. Public service is an admirable calling indeed and one that I remain committed to undertaking in the future -- once my business responisbilities are fulfilled, including the three hundred families who rely on Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing, and the busiensses who look for humble help from the Dakota Defense Alliance.

I look forward to keeping in touch. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any thoughts you may have in business or opportunities for advancement from our state.

While you are here, please take a look around and sign up to receive my newsletter, and, if you are so-inclined, drop me a line, I would love to hear from you.

Thanks for stopping by,

Kristin@KristinHedger.com

DICKINSON, N.D. — A Dickinson businesswoman has been appointed to the advisory board of a global leadership group.

Kristin Hedger says the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition promotes diplomacy and market development to fight terrorism and promote stability in smaller countries.

It is based in Washington. Its members include several former U.S. secretaries of state and defense.

Kristin Hedger of Dickinson, a vice president at Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing Inc., has been appointed to a business advisory council for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a network of national security and foreign policy experts and business, religious and community leaders. Its members include former secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright.

Separately, the National Association of Professional Women named Hedger its North Dakota Woman of the Year for 2012-13.

Dickinson businesswoman Kristin Hedger has been appointed to the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition North Dakota Advisory Committee.

Hedger, 32, is a vice president at Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing, which supplies equipment for military and civilian aircraft.

“Folks who are involved are involved in a number of ways,” coalition Communications Director Richard Parker said from Washington, D.C. on Monday, adding they are business and policy leaders.The appointment shows Hedger is a thoughtful leader when it comes to North Dakota’s future in exports and security.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new agency will help North Dakota businesses sell goods to the Pentagon by helping them navigate the byzantine world of military contracting, its supporters say.

The "procurement technical assistance center," or PTAC, will have offices in Bismarck and Fargo once it begins operating in January, the program's manager, Jeffrey Harris, said Monday.

North Dakota and Arizona are the only states that do not have a center, according to the federal Defense Logistics Agency and the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers, a national group that represents them.

By Kostas Voutsas

Who is Kristin Hedger? A vice president at Killdeer Mountain

Manufacturing, a member of North Dakota Humanities Council, a director of the Dakota Defense Alliance, an ethics coordinator for the National RFID Education Foundation, a Yale University graduate and a successful entrepreneur of two consulting companies.

Dear Friends,

I hope you are reading this upon returning from a restful Memorial Day.  This is a note to reach out to you, share thoughts, and to reconnect.

This day always makes me a bit sad as I reflect upon our fallen soldiers and the many wars our relatively young country has been engaged in.  Still, it is also a day to reflect, with the deepest gratitude, upon the priceless liberties they fought and died to preserve.

ORLANDO, FL (April 15)-  The Vice President and Chief Engineer of North Dakota's own Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing (KMM) have been asked to speak at one of the largest and most prestigious gatherings of the advanced technology communities at the RFID Journal Live 2010 conference in Orlando, Florida this week. 

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today we honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the changes inspired by his words and deeds.  His leadership has revolutionized our nation and his articulation of his dream has provided a roadmap for the alleviation of injustice.