Congratulations to those elected to the World Dairy Expo’s Board of Directors!
Elected to the Executive Committee:
President: Mike Holschbach, Heatherstone Enterprises, Inc., Baraboo, Wis.
1st Vice President: Debbie Crave, Crave Brothers Farm, LLC, Waterloo, Wis.
2nd Vice President: Dean Hermsdorf, Vita Plus Corporation, Cottage Grove, Wis.
Secretary/Treasurer: Bill Barlass, Barlass Jerseys, Janesville, Wis.
Also serving on the Executive Committee are:
Tom Morris, Tom Morris Ltd., Amery, Wis.; Steve Larson, Hoard’s Dairyman, Fort Atkinson, Wis.; Steve Strickler, Strickler Farms, Iola, Kan.; and Bob Kaiser, University of Wisconsin Extension, Juneau, Wis. Mark Clarke, World Dairy Expo General Manager; and Jeff Lyon, Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (WDATCP) serve as ex-officio members of the Executive Committee.
Committee Leaders Elected
World Dairy Expo’s Dairy Cattle Show Committee also elected new leaders. Tom Morris of Tom Morris, Ltd, Amery, Wis., will serve as Chair of the committee. He succeeds John Dalton, who provided leadership to the committee for the past four years. Bryan Voegeli of Voegeli Farms, Monticello, Wis., was elected Vice Chair.
The 2011-12 Commercial Exhibitor’s Committee Chair is Dean Hermsdorf of Vita Plus Corporation and Jane Griswold, representing Hoard’s Dairyman, Fort Atkinson, Wis., serves as Vice Chair.
World Dairy Expo’s Board of Directors is composed of a variety of dairy business professionals and producers representing numerous industry organizations. The board was established in 1970 when World Dairy Expo, Inc. was formed.
The following individuals were appointed to seats in 2011:
Jeff Lyon, Deputy Secretary of WDATCP, Madison, Wis. (ex-officio member); Chuck Miller, representing Nasco, Fort Atkinson, Wis.; Bob Hagenow, Vita Plus Corporation, Madison, Wis.; Dave Kyle, Kylecrest Holsteins, LLC, Elkhorn, Wis., representing Foremost Farms USA; Tom Morris, Tom Morris, Ltd., Amery, Wis., Chair of the Dairy Cattle Show Committee and Ernie Kueffner, Kueffner Holsteins & Jerseys, Boonsboro, Md. Also serving as an ex-officio member is William F. Tracy, interim dean of the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Source: World Dairy Expo 2011