‘Piecing It Together—Excellence In Leadership’ was the theme for the 2006 Young Producer Leadership Conference sponsored by Accelerated Genetics. The picture shows that they worked on the piecing it together part.

Roger Ripley, Accelerated Genetics President & CEO, comments about the program, “Accelerated Genetics’ Young Producer Program is the foundation of our cooperative’s future. Our priority is to develop future leadership by listening to the needs of the next generation, enlisting input and encouraging involvement. Our hope is that life-long friendships will be created that will help participants be more successful in their own farm operations as well as in their contributions to the agricultural sector.”

In addition to Ripley, Dan Weisenbeck, Chair of Accelerated Genetics Board of Directors; Janet Keller, Vice President of Advertising, Communication and Public Relations and Kari Stanek, Communications & Public Relations Coordinator were on hand for the producers throughout the entire weekend.