The Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development is a public / private partnership between Kansas State University and the Huck Boyd Foundation. The mission of the institute is to help rural people help themselves.

Huck Boyd Institute Board members and guests, pictured left to right: Anne Brockhoff, Dale Rodman, Doug Brush, Ron Wilson, Cy Moyer, Mike James, Governor Sam Brownback, Kyle Bauer, Clare Gustin, Daryl Buchholz.