Gene Cruikshank graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. degree in Agriculture. He also has a year of post graduate work with a long list of agriculture and marketing courses. He is a past Colorado president and current member of Realtors Land Institute and a licensed real estate broker in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Gene is a past professional appraiser in land, minerals and water and is a Governor Appointed member of the Arkansas River Coordination Committee. Gene Cruikshank is an Accredited Land Consultant. Besides college, Gene spent three and a half years in the U.S. Army as an Officer with a tour in Viet Nam.