Kevin Cramer was elected to the North Dakota Public Service Commission on November 2, 2004 garnering over 65% of the vote. He has served on the commission since 2003 when Governor John Hoeven appointed him to fill an unexpired term. He is currently the president of the PSC.

Prior to joining the PSC, Cramer served as the first director of the Harold Schafer Leadership Foundation. The Schafer Foundation supports the mission of the Harold Schafer Leadership Center to connect business and community leaders with emerging leaders enrolled at the University of Mary in Bismarck, ND.  The goal of the center is to raise a generation of leaders who model the servant leadership principles of Jesus Christ.

Cramer has a distinguished career in public life having served eight years on the cabinet of Governor Ed Schafer. He was State Tourism Director from 1993 to 1997 and State Economic Development Director from 1997 to 2000.

Cramer has received the Republican endorsement to be his party’s candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives twice, including accepting a draft in 1998. Prior to government service, he served as Chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party. At 30 he was the youngest member of the Republican National Committee.

Cramer serves on many boards and commissions and is a regular host of the popular Scott Hennen show heard on radio stations across North Dakota. He is an adjunct instructor of marketing and management and serves on the board of trustees at the University of Mary. He is a popular master of ceremonies, speaker and teacher, taking his message of our call to be “servant leaders” to campuses and conferences across the United States.