AFIA Board of Directors


 

 

Officers  

 

Brian Rittgers
Chairman 
Elanco Animal Health

  Steven VanRoekel
Chair- Elect 
Ridley Inc.

Donald E. Orr 
 Immediate Past Chairman 
JBS United, Inc


 

Board of Directors

*Executive Committee Term Expiring 2010
** Executive Committee Term Expiring 2011 
*** Executive Committee Term Expiring 2012

Roles and Responsibilities


  TERMS EXPIRING MAY 2010

  • * William C. Barr, Bill Barr & Company, Lenexa, KS
  • James Barritt, Mars Petcare US, Inc., Franklin, TN (formerly Nutro Products)
  • Cory Berg, QLF – Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc., Dodgeville, WI
  • Paul F. Engler, Cactus Feeders, Amarillo, TX
  • * Kevin Fields, Blue Seal Feeds, Inc., Londonderry, NH
  • * Alan Gunderson, Vita Plus Corporation, Madison, WI
  • * Ross Hamilton, Darling International, Inc., Irving, TX
  • * Paul M. Kalmbach, Kalmbach Feeds, Upper Sandusky, OH
  • James E. Kieschnick, DeKalb Feeds, Inc., Rock Falls, IL
  • * John Langemeier, Alpharma, Inc., Wahoo, NE
  • * Michael Manning, ADM Alliance Nutrition, Quincy, IL
  • * Greg McLean, Murphy-Brown LLC, Rose Hill, NC
  • * Donald Orr, JBS United, Sheridan, IN
  • John Petty, (AAEC Representative) Wisconsin Agri-Service Association, Madison, WI
  • Paul Phillips, Maxi-Lift/Southwest Agri-Plastics, Dallas, TX
  • Lars Reimann, Eurofins Scientific, Inc., Des Moines, IA
  • Stephen W. Riley, Triple Crown Nutrition, Inc., Wayzata, MN
  • Jack Woelber, Interstates Companies, Sioux Center, IA
  •  
    TERMS EXPIRING MAY 2011

  • Bruce Crutcher, Trouw Nutrition USA, LLC, Highland, IL
  • ** Philip Greene, Foster Farms, Fresno, CA
  • Vic Heinold, Consolidated Grain & Barge, Mandeville, LA 
  • ** Gerald May, P&G Pet Care, Lewisburg, OH
  • Dan Meagher, Novus International, Inc., St. Louis, MO
  • ** James Moore, Southern States Cooperative, Richmond, VA
  • Kenneth Munsch, Cattleman’s Choice, Loomix LLC, Johnstown, CO
  • Bob Ness, Mosaic Feed Ingredients, Plymouth, MN
  • Robert Norton, BioZyme Incorporated, St. Joseph, MO
  • ** Mark Poeschl, North American Nutrition Companies, Inc., Lewisburg, OH
  • Robby Ritchey,  Martindale Feed Mill, Valley View, TX
  • ** Brian Rittgers,  Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN
  • Scott Starnes, Eastern Minerals, Inc., Henderson, NC
  • Randy Walker, DPI Global, Fort Dodge, IA
  • Eddie Wells, Milk Specialties, Eden Prairie, MN
  • ** Alan Wessler, MFA Incorporated, Columbia, MO

 TERMS EXPIRING MAY 2012

  • Daniel Bercovici, Ajinomoto Heartland LLC, Chicago, IL
  • Jeff Cannon, Diamond V Mills, Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Mark Etienne, PCS Sales Feed Products, Northbrook, IL
  • Rurik Halaby, AgriCapital Corporation, New York, NY
  • Guy Harari, Adisseo USA Inc., Alpharetta, GA
  • Mike Horn, Pennfield Corporation, Lancaster, PA
  • John Howe, Manna Pro Corporation, St. Louis, MO
  • Palma Jordan, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, St. Louis, M
  • *** Michael Laughlin, Cargill Animal Nutrition, Minneapolis, MN
  • Michael Osborne, Nutra-Blend, LLC, Neosho, MO
  • Rod Paulson, CHS Inc., Inver Grove Heights, MN
  • Thomas Rossmanith, Abengoa Bioenergy Trading, Ravenna, NE
  • Louis Russell, APC, Inc., Ankeny, IA
  • Curt Siverling, Church & Dwight Company, Princeton, NJ
  • *** Steve VanRoekel, Ridley, Inc., Mankato, MN
  • Ted Waitman, CPM, Waterloo, IA
  • Patrick Whidden, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, Lavergne, TN 

HONORARY DIRECTORS (Past Chairmen)

  • David L. Abbott, Newport, VT
  • Dwight Armstrong, Key Biscayne, FL
  • Thomas Batcheller, Sioux Falls, SD
  • Greg Branch, Seminole Feed, Ocala, FL
  • Richard Frasch, Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN
  • Robert Gallaway, Ridley Inc., Good Thunder, MN
  • William F. Harriman, Duluth, GA
  • Mike Horn, Pennfield Corp., Lancaster, PA
  • Steve Koenig, Koenig Group, Fairlawn, OH
  • Richard I. Loomis, E. C. Loomis & Son, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Kermit McCormack, Cumberland Center, ME
  • Edward L. McMillan, McMillan, LLC, Greenville, IL
  • Alec L. Poitevint, SEM Minerals, LP, Bainbridge, GA
  • Rich Severson, Sarasota, FL
  • Fred Stephens, N. Barrington, IL
  • James Sullivan, Internatonal Ingredient Corp., Fenton, MO
  • William Tribble, International FeedMasters, Georgetown, TX


 

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Now celebrating its Centennial year, AFIA is the world’s largest organization devoted exclusively to representing the business, legislative and regulatory interests of the U.S. animal feed industry and its suppliers. AFIA also is the recognized leader on international industry developments. Members include more than 500 domestic and international companies and state, regional and national associations. Member-companies are livestock feed and pet food manufacturers, integrators, pharmaceutical companies, ingredient suppliers, equipment manufacturers and companies which supply other products, services and supplies to feed manufacturers
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