Chair
Curt Blades
Successful Farming
7802 NW Rosewood Circle, Parkville, MO  64152
(515) 229-5512, FAX (816) 584-8739, curt.blades@meredith.com

Vice Chair
Wes Meador
Rhea + Kaiser
400 East Diehl Road, Naperville, IL  60536
(630) 955-2434, wmeador@rkconnect.com

Competition Chair
Kristen Marshall
Nicholson Kovac Inc.
600 Broadway, Kansas City, MO  64105
(816) 460-3457, FAX (816) 842-6340, kmarshall@nicholsonkovac.com

Committee Members
Matt Bornhorst
Agriculture Future of America
PO Box 414838, Kansas City, MO  64141-4838
(816) 472-4232, FAX (816) 472-4239, matt.bornhorst@agfuture.org

Randy Happel
Two Rivers Marketing Group
106 East 6th Street, Des Moines, IA  50309
(515) 557-2064, FAX (515) 557-2001, randyh@2rm.com

Jeff Hartz
Wyffels Hybrids
13344 U.S. Highway 6, Geneseo, IL  61254
(515) 669-1599, jhartz@wyffels.com

Deron Johnson
Rhea & Kaiser Marketing Comm.
400 E. Diehl Road, Ste. 500, Naperville, IL  60563-1342
(630) 955-6656, FAX (630) 505-4670, djohnson@rkconnect.com

Marvin Kokes
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
9110 E. Nichols Ave., #300, Centennial, CO  80112
(303) 850-3339, FAX (303) 770-7109, mkokes@beef.org

Claire Simmons
Monsanto
800 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO  63167
(314) 694-1000, claire.p.simmons@monsanto.com

Michelle Tollefson
Pfizer Animal Health
150 E. 42nd Street, New York, NY  10017
(212) 733-0502, michelle.tollefson@pfizer.com

Advisor Representatives
Laura Cheney
Michigan State University,
301D Agriculture Hall, Dept. of Ag. Food & Resource, East Lansing, MI  48824-1039
(517) 432-0089, FAX (517) 432-1800, cheneyl@msu.edu

Stacey Noe
Iowa State University
Ag Entrepreneurship Initiative, 33 Curtis Hall, Ames, IA  50011
(515) 294-4945, FAX (515) 294-4545, snoe@iastate.edu

Executive Committee Liaisons
Beth Burgy
Broadhead + Co.,  Inc.
123 North Third St., Ste. 507, Minneapolis, MN  55401
(612) 617-7947, FAX (612) 623-4810, bburgy@broadheadco.com

Ken Dean
High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal
14916 Locust, Olathe, KS  66062
(913) 390-9030, FAX (913) 390-9031, kendean@comcast.net

Robert Ratliff
ProfitableFarming.com Corp.
102 Painted Fall Way, Cary, NC  27513-3526
(919) 481-9309, RobertRatliff@ProfitableFarming.com

National Office Contact
Deborah Brummel
National Agri-Marketing Association
11020 King St., Ste. 205, Overland Park, KS  66210
(913) 491-6500, FAX (913) 491-6502, debbieb@nama.org