FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 30, 2008


Contact:

David Pelzer
(847) 627-3233
davidp@rosedmi.com

Dairy Promotion Directors Elect 2009 Board Officers


NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Producer leaders of Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI), the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) and the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA) elected the following dairy producers as the 2008-09 officers at their joint annual meeting (held in conjunction with the National Milk Producers Federation) in Nashville, Tenn.

New DMI officers are:

  • Chair – Paul Rovey, Glendale, Ariz.
  • Vice Chair – Ryan Anglin, Bentonville, Ark.
  • Secretary – John Larson, Okeechobee, Fla.
  • Treasurer – David “Skip” Hardie, Lansing, N.Y.

DMI, which manages the national dairy producer checkoff program, is funded by the NDB and UDIA.

New NDB officers are:

  • Chair – Kimberly Clauss, Hilmar, Calif.
  • Vice Chair – Paula Meabon, Wattsburg, Penn.
  • Secretary – Sanford Stauffer, Nicholville, N.Y.
  • Treasurer – Grant Kohler, Midway, Utah

The 36-member NDB, formed in May 1984 under the authority of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, carries out coordinated promotion and research programs to help build demand and expand domestic and international markets for U.S.-produced dairy products and ingredients. NDB oversees the national dairy producer checkoff.

New UDIA officers are:

  • Chair – Bill Siebenborn, Trenton, Mo.
  • 1st Vice Chair – Neil Hoff, Windthorst, Texas
  • 2nd Vice Chair, American Dairy Association® (ADA) Chairman – David Weitzer, Poolesville, Md.
  • 2nd Vice Chair, National Dairy Council® (NDC) Chairman – Les Hardesty, Greeley, Colo.
  • 2nd Vice Chair, UDIA member relations – Billy Travis, Princeton, Ky.
  • Secretary – Steve Frischknecht, Manti, Utah
  • Treasurer – Allen Merrill, Parker, S.D.

UDIA is a federation of state and regional dairy producer-funded promotion organizations that provide marketing programs that are developed and implemented in coordination with its members. UDIA is overseen by a board comprised of dairy producers elected by their respective boards of their member organizations.

New ADA officers are:

  • Chair – David Weitzer
  • Vice Chair – Jerrel Heatwole, Greenwood, Del.
  • Secretary – Tom Magnant, Franklin, Vt.
  • Treasurer – Gerald Fieser, DeLeon Springs, Fla.

ADA is the domestic marketing arm of DMI.

New NDC officers are:

  • Chair – Les Hardesty
  • Vice Chair – Paul Broering, St. Henry, Ohio
  • Secretary – Joan Smith, Sauquoit, N.Y.
  • Treasurer – John Crawford, Keller, Texas

NDC, founded in 1915, is the producer-funded nutrition education and research arm of DMI and provides nutrition information through national, state and regional dairy council organizations.

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