@TimDura COO of the Polk Institute Talk with @motherlove

 Tim Dura received two Bachelors of Science degrees from North Dakota State
University. The first was in 1974 and the second in 1982.
He served as a command fighter pilot in the United States Air Force and, after 22 years of
service, retired due to medical issues.
In the meantime, Tim started and operated three diverse businesses in entertainment, food
service and aviation. He then began a 20-year teaching career and became involved with
teaching entrepreneurship. Tim’s program was extremely successful, sending five businesses to
the NFTE National Business Plan Competition in New York City in the six years his NFTE kids
were eligible.
Currently Tim is semi-retired doing consulting work, coaching girls’ softball and a co-founder of
the Polk Institute Foundation, based in Los Angeles, CA.