Burke Blackman

Egger Steel Company, President

Burke received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his MBA from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  He worked for a venture capital firm in Boulder and a telecommunications startup company in Denver before joining Egger Steel Company in 2002.  At Egger Steel, Burke was vice president of operations and vice president of finance before becoming president in 2008.

Burke serves on the boards of the Central Fabricators Association, the Sioux Falls Development Foundation and the Sioux Falls Arts Council.  He is also a member of the Sioux Empire United Way youth development community impact team.