It’s that time of year folks! Here’s another release on newly elected directors for the Wisconsin Specialty Cheese Institute.

The Wisconsin Specialty Cheese Institute (WSCI) on March 15 finalized elections and new officers for its 2007-2008 Board of Directors. The eight-member board welcomes two new members, Luke Buholzer, of Klondike Cheese, Monroe, and Tammy Welles of Northland Laboratories, Green Bay. Debbie Crave, of Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo, was re-elected to a second term. Buholzer, a fourth-generation Wisconsin cheesemaker, was also elected as the new president of WSCI. He replaces Kay Schmitz, of Henning Cheese in Kiel, who was elected Secretary-Treasure.

Other remaining WSCI board members are Cathy Hart, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Madison; Jeanie Korth, Specialty Cheese Co., Inc., Lowell; Paul McShane, Roth Käse USA, Monroe; and Jeff Wideman, Maple Leaf Cheese, Monroe. Two members leaving the board, having completed their terms, are Todd Martin, of Johnson Industries International, and John Jacobs, of Foodmaster Logistics of Wisconsin.