PHONE
612-624-6608
EMAIL
dhuebsch@umn.edu
ADDRESS
600 McNamara Alumni Center
200 Oak Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Doug Huebsch is president of Goose Group, a company that owns and operates several destination retail stores, a microbrewery and a specialty chocolate factory. Doug was also a partner and founder in New Life Farms, producing turkey and cattle.
Huebsch was an Otter Tail County Commissioner for 12 years. His extensive volunteer experience includes service as chair of Prairie Lakes Municipal Solid Waste Authority and the Minnesota Statewide Community Health Services Advisory Committee. He served on the boards of Lakes Country Service Cooperative, Otter Tail Lakes Country Tourism, and the Otter Tail County Community Development Agency. From 2013-2014, Huebsch chaired the USDA National Committee on Agricultural Statistics that provided guidance to the Secretary of Agriculture.
Huebsch received a bachelor of applied economics from the University of Minnesota. He went on to serve as chair of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association (UMAA) board of directors and on the presidential search advisory committee for the University’s 17th president. He received the University of Minnesota Alumni Service Award in 2020.