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 |
Secretary-Treasurer Bob Hagenow * At-Large Representative |
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Vice President |
| Bill Barlass Director Emeritus |
Kevin Jorgensen * Select Sires, Inc. |
| Cliff Becker Farm Journal Media, Official Program Publisher |
Ernie Kueffner At-Large Representative |
| Scott Bentley * WDE General Manager |
Ray Kuehl Director Emeritus |
| Dave Bollig * WDE Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent |
Dave Kyle Foremost Farms USA |
| Dan Brattlie Nasco |
Joan Lau * At-Large Representative |
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Jim Crowley, Jr. Director Emeritus |
Jeff Lyon At-Large Representative |
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Scott Culbertson Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Jennifer Meyer Purebred Breeders of WDE |
| Jason Danhof Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Randy Romanski Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) |
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Alan Deming Director Emeritus |
Chad Ryan |
| Glen Easter Dairy Farmers of America |
Jeannette Sheehan * Purebred Breeders of WDE |
| Troy Esser BouMatic LLC |
Jim Sipiorski CentralStar Cooperative, Inc. |
| Corey Geiger Holstein Association USA, Inc. |
Kate VandenBosch |
| Calvin Graber Associated Milk Producers, Inc. |
Clark Vilter Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association |
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Tim Griswold Dane County Holstein Breeders |
Bryan Voegeli * Purebred Breeders of WDE |
| Keith Heikes URUS |
Ryan Weigel Wisconsin Holstein Association |
| Dean Hermsdorf ABS Global, Inc. |
Doug Williams * |
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Josh Hushon At-Large Representative |
Emily Yeiser Stepp National Milk Producers Federation |
| *Denotes member of the Executive Committee | |
Commercial Exhibitor Committee
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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) | 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 |
| Tom Foss, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative | Chad Ryan, Wisconsin Representative |
| Corey Geiger, National Holstein Representative | Kevin Stoltzfus, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
| Bruce Gingerich, Midwestern United States Representative | Rick "RT" Thompson, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
| Gene Hall, Jr., At-Large Ayrshire Representative | Roger Turner, Industry Representative |
| Lynn Harbaugh, At-Large Red & White Representative | Bonnie VanDyk, National Red & White Representative |
| Matt Hawbaker, At-Large Red & White Representative | Andrew Vander Meulen, At-Large Jersey Representative |
| Clark Vilter, National Guernsey Representative |
