World Dairy Expo Leadership
Commercial Exhibitor Committee | Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee |
The World Dairy Expo Board of Directors is comprised of business professionals and dairy producers representing many dairy industry organizations. The Board of Directors was established in 1970, when World Dairy Expo, Inc. (WDE) was formed. The following are Expo directors, their organization affiliations and/or board positions.
President Bill Hageman * At-Large Representative |
Secretary-Treasurer Bob Hagenow * At-Large Representative |
Vice President |
Bill Barlass Director Emeritus |
Ernie Kueffner At-Large Representative |
Cliff Becker Farm Journal Media, Official Program Publisher |
Ray Kuehl Director Emeritus |
Scott Bentley * WDE General Manager |
Dave Kyle Foremost Farms USA |
Dave Bollig * WDE Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent |
Joan Lau * At-Large Representative |
Jim Crowley, Jr. Director Emeritus |
Jeff Lyon At-Large Representative |
Scott Culbertson Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Jennifer Meyer Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Jason Danhof Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Racheal Rodriguez Nasco |
Alan Deming Director Emeritus |
Randy Romanski Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) |
Glen Easter Dairy Farmers of America |
Chad Ryan Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Troy Esser BouMatic LLC |
Jeannette Sheehan * Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Corey Geiger Holstein Association USA, Inc. |
Jim Sipiorski CentralStar Cooperative, Inc. |
Calvin Graber Associated Milk Producers, Inc. |
Kate VandenBosch UW-Madison, CALS |
Keith Heikes URUS |
Clark Vilter Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association |
Tim Griswold Dane County Holstein Breeders |
Bryan Voegeli * Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Dean Hermsdorf ABS Global, Inc. |
Ryan Weigel Wisconsin Holstein Association |
Josh Hushon At-Large Representative |
Doug Williams * WDE Commercial Exhibitor Committee Chair |
Kevin Jorgensen * Select Sires, Inc. |
Emily Yeiser Stepp National Milk Producers Federation |
*Denotes member of the Executive Committee |
Commercial Exhibitor Committee
Doug Williams, Kuhn North America, Inc. (Chair) |
Amanda Hannes, GENEX |
Jane Griswold, Hoard's Dairyman (Vice Chair) | Sara Harbaugh, Zoetis |
Brian & Yogi Brown, Sunburst Dairy | Doug Harland, Dairyland Laboratories |
Danielle Brown, American Jersey Cattle Association | Dean Hermsdorf, ABS Global |
Melanie Burgi, Comfort Hoof Care | Josh Hushon, Cargill Animal Nutrition |
Joe Coburn, Coburn Company, Inc. | Dave Jons, Dairy Agenda Today |
Cheryl DeCraene, GEA Farm Technologies, Inc. | Bellana Putz, Lely |
Bryce Dilger, Alliant Energy Center | Marjorie Stieve, Vita Plus Corporation |
Jenny Eighmy, Peach Teats Limited | Taylor Weisensel, Ag-Bag by RCI |
Sara Gabor, Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc. |
Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee
Tom Morris, Industry Representative (Chair) | Matt Henkes, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative |
Bryan Voegeli, National Brown Swiss Representative (Vice Chair) | Ysabel Jacobs, Eastern Canada Representative |
Katie Agnew, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative | Deb Lakey, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
Dale Bendig, National Milking Shorthorn Representative | Steve Maddox, At-Large Holstein Representative |
Dave Bollig, Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent | Dr. Sheila M. McGuirk, Industry Representative |
Justin Burdette, At-Large Holstein Representative | Dr. Donna Mertz, National Ayrshire Representative |
Evan Creek, At-Large Ayrshire Representative | Roger Owens, National Jersey Representative |
John Dalton, Industry Representative | Terri Packard, Eastern United States Representative |
Dean Dohle, At-Large Jersey Representative | Christy Ratliff, Western United States and Western Canada Representative |
Tom Foss, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative | Chad Ryan, Wisconsin Representative |
Corey Geiger, National Holstein Representative | Kevin Stoltzfus, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
Bruce Gingerich, Midwestern United States Representative | Rick "RT" Thompson, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
Gene Hall, Jr., At-Large Ayrshire Representative | Roger Turner, Industry Representative |
Lynn Harbaugh, At-Large Red & White Representative | Bonnie VanDyk, National Red & White Representative |
Matt Hawbaker, At-Large Red & White Representative | Andrew Vander Meulen, At-Large Jersey Representative |
Clark Vilter, National Guernsey Representative |