World Dairy Expo Leadership



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
2023 WDE Executive Committee

Vice President
Tom Morris *
WDE Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee Chair

Treasurer
Bob Hagenow *
At-Large Representative


Bill Barlass
Director Emeritus

Randy Koller
Dairy Farmers of America

Dave Bollig *
WDE Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent
Ernie Kueffner
At-Large Representative

Joe Coburn *

WDE Commercial Exhibitor Committee Chair

Joan Lau *
At-Large Representative

Scott Culbertson

Purebred Breeders of WDE

Annie McCullough
Farm Journal Media, Official Program Publisher

Jason Danhof
Purebred Breeders of WDE

Jennifer Meyer

Purebred Breeders of WDE

Alan Deming

Director Emeritus

Eric Olstad

Dane County Holstein Breeders

Kami Dorn
Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association

Randy Romanski

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

Paul Fricke
UW-Madison

Chad Ryan
Purebred Breeders of WDE

Corey Geiger
Holstein Association USA, Inc.

Jeannette Sheehan 
Purebred Breeders of WDE

Calvin Graber
Associated Milk Producers, Inc.

Matt Simon

Foremost Farms USA

Keith Heikes
URUS

Theresa Sweeney-Murphy

National Milk Producers Federation

Dean Hermsdorf
ABS Global, Inc.

Amy Steinke
BouMatic LLC

Laura Herschleb *
WDE General Manager

Wes Vomastic

CentralStar Cooperative Inc.

Josh Hushon *

At-Large Representative

Bryan Voegeli *
Purebred Breeders of WDE

Kevin Jorgensen *

Select Sires, Inc.

Ryan Weigel

Wisconsin Holstein Association

Emily Yeiser Stepp
At-Large Representative

*Denotes member of the Executive Committee


Commercial Exhibitor Committee

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  Emily Warnimont, Trans Ova
Erin Carter, Lallemand Animal Nutrition Karen Lally, VES-Artex
Joe Coburn, Coburn Company, 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

Katie Agnew, National Milking Shorthorn Representative

Jim Meyer, National Guernsey Representative

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