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
1st Vice President
Michael Hellenbrand *
Purebred Breeders of WDE
2nd Vice President
Debbie Crave *
At-Large Representative
Secretary-Treasurer
Bob Hagenow *
At-Large Representative
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| Bill Barlass Director Emeritus |
Kevin Jorgensen Select Sires, Inc. |
| Cliff Becker Farm Journal Media, Official Program Publisher |
Ernie Kueffner At-Large Representative |
| Dan Belk Foremost Farms USA |
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 |
| Paula Bovre Wisconsin Holstein Association |
Jeff Lyon At-Large Representative |
|
Taylor Crouch Nasco |
Tom Morris * WDE Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee Chair |
|
Jim Crowley, Jr. |
Reint-Jan "RJ" Renken URUS Group |
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Scott Culbertson Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Chad Ryan Purebred Breeders of WDE |
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Jason Danhof |
Jeannette Sheehan |
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Alan Deming Director Emeritus |
Jim Sipiorski CentralStar Cooperative, Inc. |
| Glen Easter Dairy Farmers of America |
Steve Strickler Dairy Farmers of America |
| Troy Esser BouMatic LLC |
Kate VandenBosch UW-Madison, CALS |
| Corey Geiger Holstein Association USA, Inc. |
Clark Vilter Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association |
| Calvin Graber Associated Milk Producers, Inc. |
Bryan Voegeli * Purebred Breeders of WDE |
| Tim Griswold Dane County Holstein Breeders |
Doug Williams * WDE Commercial Exhibitor Committee Chair |
| Dean Hermsdorf ABS Global, Inc. |
Emily Yeiser Stepp National Milk Producers Federation |
| *Denotes member of the Executive Committee | |
Commercial Exhibitor Committee
|
Doug Williams, Kuhn North America, Inc. (Chair) |
Sara Harbaugh, Zoetis |
| Jane Griswold, Hoard's Dairyman (Vice Chair) | Doug Harland, Dairyland Laboratories |
| Brian & Yogi Brown, Sunburst Dairy | Dean Hermsdorf, ABS Global |
| Danielle Brown, American Jersey Cattle Association | Josh Hushon, Cargill Animal Nutrition |
| Melanie Burgi, Comfort Hoof Care | Dave Jons, Dairy Agenda Today |
| Joe Coburn, Coburn Company, Inc. | Scott Laufenburg, Armor Animal Health |
| Cheryl DeCraene, GEA Farm Technologies, Inc. | Bellana Putz, Lely |
| Jenny Eighmy, Peach Teats Limited | Ann Schulz, Alltech |
| Sara Gabor, Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc. | Marjorie Stieve, Vita Plus Corporation |
| Julie Gallagher, Alliant Energy Center | Taylor Weisensel, Ag-Bag by RCI |
| Amanda Hannes, GENEX |
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 |
| Ken Elliott, Assistant Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent | Chad Ryan, Wisconsin Representative |
| Tom Foss, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative | Kevin Stoltzfus, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
| Corey Geiger, National Holstein Representative | Rick "RT" Thompson, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
| Bruce Gingerich, Midwestern United States Representative | Roger Turner, Industry Representative |
| Gene Hall, Jr., At-Large Ayrshire Representative | Bonnie VanDyk, National Red & White Representative |
| Lynn Harbaugh, At-Large Red & White Representative | Andrew Vander Meulen, At-Large Jersey Representative |
| Matt Hawbaker, At-Large Red & White Representative | Clark Vilter, National Guernsey Representative |
