New officers for the Wisconsin Dairy Products Assn, (WDPA) were elected at the 2007 Dairy Symposium held July 15-16 in Lake Geneva, Wisc.
President: Joe Weis, Foremost Farms USA, Vice-President: Jim Bleick, Graf Creamery, Treasurer: Dennis Donohue, Manitowoc Milk Producers, and Secretary: Deborah Van Dyk, Schreiber Foods.
In addition, three members were newly elected to the Board of Directors for three year terms. They are: Steve Funk, Cargill, Gus Jacoby, T.C. Jacoby, and Allan VerVoort, Ecolab.
Five other members were approved for three-year terms: Dave Robbins, Dean Foods, John Kennedy, Kraft Foods, Jeff Giffin, Masters Gallery, Ron Kremer, Kerry Ingredients, and Tom Miskowski, Century Foods.
Wisconsin Dairy Products Assn is a trade association representing processors of milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, frozen desserts, dried milk, milk products and dry whey products as well as suppliers of goods and services to the dairy industry. WDPA members are responsible for 75% of the milk and dairy products marketed in Wisconsin.