Friendship Force - Purpose and Activities

Maxine Moul, a native of Oakland, NE, was appointed by President Barack Obama as Nebraska State Director of USDA—Rural Development on June 29, 2009 and served until her retirement on January 20, 2017. 

Moul is a journalism graduate of the University of Nebraska and was publisher and CEO of Maverick Media, Inc., including the Syracuse (Nebraska) Journal-Democrat.

In 1990, she was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska with Governor Ben Nelson.  She led the administration’s rural development efforts and was the first Chairperson of the Nebraska Rural Development Commission. She also served as Nebraska Director of Economic Development in the Nelson administration.

She served as the first Chair and then President of the Nebraska Community Foundation, a statewide 501(c)(3) foundation formed in 1993 that includes more than 200 affiliated community and program funds.

She is a member of Lincoln South Rotary, the Lincoln Council for International Visitors and Friendship Force of Lincoln