Five Midwest dairy leaders are among the newly elected
officers of Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), the National Dairy Promotion and
Research Board (NDB) and the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA) elected
to serve the industry for the 2019-20 term.
These officers were elected at the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting
of the NDB, UDIA and National Milk Producers Federation in New Orleans, and
they will serve to lead national dairy checkoff strategies and programs to
protect and grow sales.
"I look forward to serving the dairy community in the
coming year as a member of the UDIA board," said Allen Merrill, who is
also the chairman of the Midwest Dairy Board. "We will work together and,
as an industry, address the challenges we're facing, capitalize on the
opportunities in front of us and continue to tell the story of dairy to drive
demand."
UDIA officers elected were:
Chair -- Neil Hoff, Windthorst, Texas
1st Vice Chair -- Allen Merrill, Parker, S.D.
2nd Vice Chair, American Dairy Association -- Tom Woods,
Gage, Okla.
2nd Vice Chair, National Dairy Council -- Audrey Donahoe,
Clayville, N.Y.
2nd Vice Chair, UDIA Member Relations -- Rick Podtburg,
Greeley, Colo.
Secretary -- Michelle Schilter, Chehalis, Wash.
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.