World Dairy Expo Leadership
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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 |
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Vice President |
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Treasurer |
Bill Barlass Director Emeritus |
Ernie Kueffner |
Cliff Becker Farm Journal Media, Official Program Publisher |
Ray Kuehl Director Emeritus |
Dave Bollig * WDE Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent |
Dave Kyle Foremost Farms USA |
Kristine Childs Nasco Farm & Ranch |
Joan Lau * At-Large Representative |
Scott Culbertson Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Jeff Lyon At-Large Representative |
Jason Danhof |
Jennifer Meyer Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Alan Deming Director Emeritus |
Joey Opsal |
Glen Easter |
Randy Romanski Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) |
Troy Esser |
Chad Ryan |
Paul Fricke UW-Madison |
Jeannette Sheehan * Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Corey Geiger Holstein Association USA, Inc. |
Jim Sipiorski CentralStar Cooperative, Inc. |
Calvin Graber |
Clark Vilter |
Keith Heikes URUS |
Bryan Voegeli * Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Dean Hermsdorf |
Ryan Weigel Wisconsin Holstein Association |
Laura Herschleb * |
Doug Williams * |
Josh Hushon At-Large Representative |
Emily Yeiser Stepp |
Kevin Jorgensen * |
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*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) | Steve Maddox, At-Large Holstein Representative |
Bryan Voegeli, National Brown Swiss Representative (Vice Chair) | Dr. Sheila M. McGuirk, Industry Representative |
Katie Agnew, National Milking Shorthorn Representative |
Dr. Donna Mertz, National Ayrshire Representative |
Dave Bollig, Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent | Roger Owens, National Jersey Representative |
Lucas Clanton, Midwestern United States Representative | Terri Packard, Eastern United States Representative |
Evan Creek, At-Large Ayrshire Representative | Joe Rocha, Western United States and Western Canada Representative |
John Dalton, Industry Representative |
Chad Ryan, Wisconsin Representative |
Brian Dinderman, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
Dusty Schirm, At-Large Jersey Representative |
Erica Enright, Eastern Canada Representative | Kevin Stoltzfus, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
Tom Foss, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
Eric Topp, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
Corey Geiger, National Holstein Representative | Roger Turner, Industry Representative |
Lynn Harbaugh, At-Large Red & White Representative |
Mark Valentine, At-Large Ayrshire Representative |
Emily Hartmann, National Guernsey Representative |
Bonnie VanDyk, National Red & White Representative |
Matt Hawbaker, At-Large Red & White Representative | Andrew Vander Meulen, At-Large Jersey Representative |
Matt Henkes, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative |
TJ Wingert, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative |
Jennifer Hill, At-Large Holstein Representative |