Ted Haggart spoke to Lawrence Central August 8th about local and regional economics, housing and outside variables that are impacting the local economy.
He joined Douglas County Bank in April 2001. His time is balanced between customer relationships and recruiting new customers, leadership and management of the bank, and community service activities and working with the bank’s board of directors. Mr. Haggart’s community activities include serving as past chair of the Lawrence Regional Technology Center, past president of the Lawrence Rotary Club, co-chair of the Lawrence Bioscience Task Force, and past president of the Friends of the Lied Center. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association and Lawrence Junior Achievement.
Other previous board memberships include the United Way of Douglas County, the Friends of the Spencer Museum of Art, and the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC). Before joining Douglas County Bank, Mr. Haggart was president of Union National (now Commerce Bank) in Manhattan and senior vice president of First National Bank (now Sunflower Bank) in Salina.
He was an economics professor at Kansas State University, executive director of the Kansas Economic Education Council and an economist for the U.S. Senate Budget Committee. He graduated from the University of Kansas with degrees in economics and mathematics, and received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota.
