NEW ORLEANS – Leaders of Dairy Management Inc.™
(DMI), the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) and the United
Dairy Industry Association (UDIA) announced election results to lead national
dairy checkoff strategies and programs to protect and grow sales.
Dairy checkoff leaders elected their officers
at the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the NDB, UDIA and National Milk Producers
Federation in New Orleans.
“I’m honored to join farmers from across the
country and work together to create a successful future for dairy farmers and
U.S. dairy,” said Marilyn Hershey, a farmer from Cochranville, Pennsylvania, who
was re-elected chair of DMI. “The board and elected officers represent our
partnership to fund, govern and lead the dairy checkoff program.”
DMI, which manages the national checkoff
program, is co-funded by NDB and UDIA. In addition to Hershey, other DMI
officers elected were:
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Vice Chair – Steve Maddox, Riverdale,
Calif.
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Secretary – Skip Hardie, Groton, N.Y.
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Treasurer – deb Vander Koi, Worthington,
Minn.
The NDB also elected the following officers:
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Chair – Brad Scott, San Jacinto, Calif.
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Vice Chair – Connie Seefeldt, Coleman,
Wisc.
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Secretary – Arlene Vander Eyk, Tulare,
Calif.
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Treasurer – Alex Peterson, Trenton, Mo.
The 37-member NDB, formed in May 1984 under the
authority of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983, carries out
coordinated promotion and research programs to help build demand, and expand
domestic and international markets for dairy products.
UDIA officers elected were:
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Chair – Neil Hoff, Windthorst, Texas
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1st Vice Chair – Allen
Merrill, Parker, S.D.
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2nd Vice Chair, American
Dairy Association – Tom Woods, Gage, Okla.
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2nd Vice Chair, National
Dairy Council – Audrey Donahoe, Clayville, N.Y.
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2nd Vice Chair, UDIA Member
Relations – Rick Podtburg, Greeley, Colo.
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Secretary – Michelle Schilter, Chehalis,
Wash.
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Treasurer – John Brubaker, Buhl, Idaho
The UDIA is a federation of state and regional
dairy farmer-funded promotion organizations that provide marketing programs
developed and implemented in coordination with its members. The UDIA is
overseen by a board comprised of dairy farmers elected by respective local and regional
boards of UDIA member organizations.
American Dairy Association officers elected
were:
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Chair – Tom Woods
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Vice Chair – Jerrel Heatwole, Greenwood,
Del.
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Secretary – Lowell, Mueller, Hooper,
Neb.
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Treasurer – Corby Werth, Alpena, Mich.
National Dairy Council officers elected were:
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Chair – Audrey Donahoe
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Vice Chair – Christine Sukalski, Leroy,
Minn.
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Secretary – Harold Howrigan, Sheldon,
Vt.
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Treasurer – Lynn Ramsey, Emory, Texas