Joel Young joined CEDA after spending most of his professional career at the City of Chatfield, where he served as the City Administrator and the City Clerk. Prior to working in public administration, Joel operated a financial planning practice for seven years.

Joel's role with CEDA is to manage the Southeast Minnesota Transportation Management Organization (TMO) Study Project, a project designed to determine if the establishment of a TMO is a viable strategy to meet the diverse transit needs of the 11-county area of southeast Minnesota. This project has been funded by the Minnesota State Legislature.