Background
Folkers, Kimberly Kay was born on March 4, 1960 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Calvin Fay and Lois Elinor (Hardie) Folkers.
Folkers, Kimberly Kay was born on March 4, 1960 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Calvin Fay and Lois Elinor (Hardie) Folkers.
Bachelor in Finance with high honors, University Northern Iowa, 1981. Master in International Management, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, 1989.
Management trainee, Century Companies American, Denver and Waverly, Iowa., 1981-1982; management trainee, lst Bank Holding Company, Denver, 1982; sales representative, Masterguard Corporation, Weatherford, Oklahoma, 1983; persistency specialist, Century Companies American, Waverly, 1983-1985; administrator, Century Companies American, Minneapolis, 1985-1989; assistant professor marketing, Wartburg College, Waverly, since 1989.
Campaign volunteer Steve Hogan for Congress, Denver, 1982. Adult sponsor United Methodist Youth Fellowship, Waverly, 1983-1984. Member Main St. Waverly Promotional Committee, 1989-1990, bd.d irs., 1991-1994.
Volunteer training consultant Youth for Understanding, since 1991. Education division chair United Way, 1994. Co-director Global and Multicultural Studies, Wartburg, since 1995.
Tenured and promoted to associate professor marketing, 1995. Chair Missions Board, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1995. Mentoring coordinator Wartburg, since 1992.
Fellow Life Management Institute. Member American Association of University Women (vice president programming 1993-1994, president 1995-1996), American Marketing Association (faculty advisor student chapter since 1989), Marketing and Advertising Club Northeast Iowa.
Married T. Bruce Ecker, September 30, 1989.