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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Secretary/Treasurer |
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Tim Abbott At-Large Representative |
Randy Koller |
| Bill Barlass Director Emeritus |
Ernie Kueffner |
| Dave Bollig * WDE Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent |
Joan Lau * At-Large Representative |
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Joe Coburn * WDE Commercial Exhibitor Committee Chair |
Annie McCullough |
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Scott Culbertson Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Jennifer Meyer Purebred Breeders of WDE |
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Jason Danhof |
Eric Olstad Dane County Holstein Breeders |
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Alan Deming Director Emeritus |
Randy Romanski Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) |
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Kami Dorn |
Chad Ryan |
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Paul Fricke |
Jeannette Sheehan |
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Corey Geiger |
Matt Simon Foremost Farms USA |
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Calvin Graber |
Theresa Sweeney-Murphy National Milk Producers Federation |
| Keith Heikes URUS |
Amy Steinke |
| Dean Hermsdorf ABS Global, Inc. |
Wes Vomastic CentralStar Cooperative Inc. |
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Laura Herschleb * |
Bryan Voegeli * |
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Josh Hushon * At-Large Representative |
Ryan Weigel Wisconsin Holstein Association |
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Kevin Jorgensen * Select Sires, Inc. |
Emily Yeiser Stepp |
| *Denotes member of the Executive Committee | |
Commercial Exhibitor Committee
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Joe Coburn, Coburn Company (Chair) |
Doug Harland, Dairyland Laboratories |
| Josh Hushon, Cargill, Inc. (Vice Chair) | Mike Opperman, National Dairy Shrine |
| Tera Baker, Nedap Livestock Management | Tim Ottenbacher, Scherer Inc. |
| Erin Carter, Lallemand Animal Nutrition | Emily Warnimont, Trans Ova |
| Dana Casto, Udder Tech, Inc. |
Steve Pesik, Zimmerman Manufacturing, LLC |
| Cheryl DeCraene, GEA Farm Technologies |
Terri Smith, Select Sires, Inc. |
| Jenny Eighmy, Peach Teats | Marjorie Stieve, Vita Plus Corporation |
| Annie McCullough, Farm Journal | Laura Tresslar, Merck Animal Health |
| Emily Hoeing, Benton Group | Taylor Weisensel, Ag-Bag by RCI |
| Sara Harbaugh, Zoetis |
Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee
| Tom Morris, Industry Representative (Chair) | Anthony Liddle, At-Large Holstein Representative |
| Bryan Voegeli, National Brown Swiss Representative (Vice Chair) | Dr. Sheila M. McGuirk, Industry Representative |
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Katie Agnew, National Milking Shorthorn Representative |
Jim Meyer, National Guernsey Representative |
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Dave Bollig, Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent |
Andrew Reynolds, At-Large Red & White Representative |
| Mark Brown, National Ayrshire Representative | Joe Rocha, Western United States and Western Canada Representative |
| Lucas Clanton, Midwestern United States Representative | Chad Ryan, Wisconsin Representative |
| Evan Creek, At-Large Ayrshire Representative | Dusty Schirm, At-Large Jersey Representative |
| Ted deMent, National Jersey Representative | Kevin Stoltzfus, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
| Brian Dinderman, At-Large Guernsey Representative | Jeff Stookey, Midwestern United States Representative |
| Erica Enright, Eastern Canada Representative | Jennifer Thomas, At-Large Jersey Representative |
| Corey Geiger, National Holstein Representative | Eric Topp, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
| Lynn Harbaugh, At-Large Red & White Representative |
Roger Turner, Industry Representative |
| Matt Henkes, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative | Mark Valentine, At-Large Ayrshire Representative |
| Jennifer Hill, At-Large Holstein Representative |
Sarah Wendorf, National Red & White Representative |
| Christopher Lang, Industry Representative | TJ Wingert, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative |
| Adam Liddle, Eastern United States Representative | Heather Yoder, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |





