AFIA Board of Directors
* Executive Committee, Term Expiring 2012
** Executive Committee, Term Expiring 2013
*** Executive Committee, Term Expiring 2014
OFFICERS
- Chairman of the Board • Bill Barr
- Chair-elect • Al Gunderson
- Immediate Past Chair • Steven VanRoekel
- President & Treasurer • Joel G. Newman
- Vice President & Corporate Secretary • Richard Sellers
- Vice President • Keith Epperson
- Vice President • Sarah Novak
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 • Pfizer Animal Health, Roseland, NJ
- * 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, Chesterfield, MO
- Louis Russell • APC, Inc., Ankeny, IA
- Scott Druker • Church & Dwight Company, Princeton, NJ
- * Steven VanRoekel • Ridley, Inc., Mankato, MN
- Ted Waitman • CPM, Waterloo, IA
- * Patrick Whidden • Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, Lavergne, TN
- Ed Yuhas • Mars Horsecare US, Inc., Dalton, Ohio
TERMS EXPIRING MAY 2013
- ** Bill Barr • Bill Barr & Company, Overland Park, KS
- Martha Furst • Furst-McNess, Freeport, IL
- ** Lee Hall • Hallway Feeds, Lexington, KY
- ** Tracy Harris • Central Life Sciences, Red Banks, MS
- Tim Lease • WL Port-Land Systems, Pittsburgh, PA
- Diane Loiselle• Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Topeka, KS
- Mark Lyons • Alltech Inc., Nicholasville, KY
- ** Mark McCulley • The Hanor Company, Enid, OK
- William Merrick • Merrick’s Animal Nutrition, Middleton, WI
- Chad Risley • Lucta USA, Inc., Libertyville, IL
- Michael Rivard • International Ingredient Corp., Fenton, MO
- Chris Schneider • Omega Protein, Inc., Houston, TX
- ** Kevin Shriver • Land O’Lakes Purina Feed, Shoreview, MN
- Dick Wark • Animal Feed Supplement, dba New Generation Feeds, Great Falls, MT
- Dean Warras • Prince Agri Products, Inc., Quincy IL
- Mindy Whittle • Monsanto Co., St. Louis, MO
- M.S. “Bud” Wright • Texas Farm Products Company, Nacogdoches, TX
TERMS EXPIRING MAY 2014
- Steve Boehmer • Westway Feed Products, Tomball, TX
- Bill Braman • Chr. Hansen, Milwaukee, WI
- Daniel Jones • Pioneer- A DuPont Company, Johnston, IA
- Gary Cooper • Cooper Farms, Inc., Fort Recovery, OH
- Rich Dwyer • Kent Nutrition Group Inc., Muscatine, IA
- *** Al Gunderson • Vita Plus Corporation, Madison, WI
- Greg Kean • Well Pet LLC, Tewksbury, MA
- Mike Nicoletti • Penny Newman, Fresno, CA
- Ivan Pedigo • Gold River Feed Products, Fountain Run, KY
- Paul Phillips • Maxi-Lift, Dallas, TX
- Wendy Plocher • FMC Corporation, Eagle, NE
- Dave Probert • ADM Alliance Nutrition Inc., Quincy, IL
- Harald Scherf • DSM Nutrition Products, Parsippany, NJ
- John Thomson • Evonik Industries, Kennesaw, GA
- Ken Vaupel • Alfagreen Supreme, Toledo, OH
- Nate Yates • Corn Products International, Westchester, IL
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 • Joseph, OR
- Robert Gallaway • Good Thunder, MN
- Robert Hammond • Rochester, MN
- William F. Harriman • Duluth, GA
- Mike Horn • Pennfield Corp., Lancaster, PA
- Steve Koenig • Koenig Group, Fairlawn, OH
- David Larson • Wayzata, MN
- Richard I. Loomis • E. C. Loomis & Son, San Luis Obispo, CA
- Kermit McCormack • Cumberland Center, ME
- Edward L. McMillan • McMillan, LLC, Greenville, IL
- Donald E. Orr, Jr. • JBS United, Sheridan, IN
- Alec L. Poitevint • SEM Minerals, LP, Bainbridge, GA
- Brian Rittgers • Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN
- Rich Severson • Sarasota, FL
- Fred Stephens • N. Barrington, IL
- James Sullivan • J.E. Sullivan Enterprise, Fenton, MO
- William Tribble • International FeedMasters, Georgetown, TX
- Dean Webster • Kennebunkport, ME
- David Wentzell • Vero Beach, FL