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 |
Dave Kyle |
Dave Bollig * WDE Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent |
Joan Lau * At-Large Representative |
Scott Culbertson Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Jeff Lyon At-Large Representative |
Jason Danhof |
Annie McCullough Farm Journal Media, Official Program Publisher |
Alan Deming Director Emeritus |
Jennifer Meyer Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Kami Dorn |
Joey Opsal |
Glen Easter |
Randy Romanski Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) |
Paul Fricke |
Chad Ryan |
Corey Geiger |
Jeannette Sheehan |
Calvin Graber Associated Milk Producers, Inc. |
Jim Sipiorski CentralStar Cooperative, Inc. |
Keith Heikes URUS |
Brooke Trustem |
Dean Hermsdorf |
Bryan Voegeli * |
Laura Herschleb * |
Ryan Weigel Wisconsin Holstein Association |
Josh Hushon * At-Large Representative |
Doug Williams * |
Kevin Jorgensen * |
Emily Yeiser Stepp |
Ernie Kueffner |
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*Denotes member of the Executive Committee |
Commercial Exhibitor Committee
Doug Williams, Kuhn North America, Inc. (Chair) |
Doug Harland, Dairyland Laboratories |
Josh Hushon, Cargill Animal Nutrition (Vice Chair) | Dean Hermsdorf, ABS Global |
Danielle Brown, American Jersey Cattle Association | Dave Jons, Dairy Agenda Today |
Erin Carter, Lallemand Animal Nutrition | Karen Lally, VES-Artex |
Joe Coburn, Coburn Company, Inc. | Steve Pesik, Oxbo International Corp. |
Cheryl DeCraene, GEA Farm Technologies | Terri Smith, Select Sires, Inc. |
Jenny Eighmy, Peach Teats | Marjorie Stieve, Vita Plus Corporation |
Sara Gabor, Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc. | Laura Tresslar, Merck Animal Health |
Jane Griswold, Hoard's Dairyman | Taylor Weisensel, Ag-Bag by RCI |
Sara Harbaugh, Zoetis |
Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee
Tom Morris, Industry Representative (Chair) | Jennifer Hill, At-Large Holstein Representative |
Bryan Voegeli, National Brown Swiss Representative (Vice Chair) | Steve Maddox, At-Large Holstein Representative |
Katie Agnew, National Milking Shorthorn Representative |
Dr. Sheila M. McGuirk, Industry Representative |
Dave Bollig, Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent | Dr. Donna Mertz, National Ayrshire 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 |
Ted deMent, National Jersey Representative |
Dusty Schirm, At-Large Jersey Representative |
Brian Dinderman, At-Large Guernsey Representative | Kevin Stoltzfus, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
Erica Enright, Eastern Canada Representative |
Eric Topp, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
Tom Foss, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative | Roger Turner, Industry Representative |
Corey Geiger, National Holstein Representative |
Mark Valentine, At-Large Ayrshire Representative |
Lynn Harbaugh, At-Large Red & White Representative |
Andrew Vander Meulen, At-Large Jersey Representative |
Emily Hartmann, National Guernsey Representative | Sarah Wendorf, National Red & White Representative |
Matt Hawbaker, At-Large Red & White Representative |
TJ Wingert, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative |
Matt Henkes, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative |