The American Jersey Cattle Association, along with National All-Jersey Inc., has announced several staff promotions.
Kristin Barlass Paul, Janesville, Wis., was named Field Service Coordinator for the AJCA and its affiliate, National All-Jersey Inc. and Ron Mosser, Geneva, Ind., was named Senior Appraiser for the AJCA Linear Type Traits Appraisal Program. Daniel S. Bauer, who joined the JMS staff in June of 2006 as its Assistant Manager, has been promoted to company Manager, effective August 15. Louie M. Cozzitorto was promoted to JMS Assistant Manager. He joined the USJersey organizations staff in June 2007.
“These assignments reflect the continuing commitment our organizations have made to deliver the highest level of service to Jersey owners while also promoting breed growth and expansion in the United States, ” said Neal Smith, Executive Secretary and CEO of the USJersey organizations.
Paul, who joined the field staff in June of 2002, assumes the responsibility of managing a team of 12 staff located across the United States and coordinating the on-farm delivery of AJCA and NAJ services. She will continue to provide service to Jersey herds located in northern California and Wisconsin.
Since joining the AJCA staff in January of 2002, Ron Mosser has appraised nearly 57,000 Jersey cows, or 13% of all U.S. Jersey cows evaluated over this time period. He will be responsible for cow-side training of the appraisal team and program delivery on farms.
As manager, Bauer will be responsible for all day-to-day operations of Jersey Marketing Service, which serves sellers and buyers of Jersey cattle and genetics through private treaty and public sale management. He will continue to work as a cow-side evaluator for the AJCA Linear Type Traits Appraisal as time permits.
In addition to his expanded responsibilities with Jersey Marketing Service, Cozzitorto will continue as a type traits program evaluator and provide general field service for the AJCA.
Through the first seven months of 2008, Jersey Marketing Service has generated gross sales of $5.4 million, with 11 public auctions of Registered Jersey™ cattle on the books for the remainder of the year.