World Dairy Expo’s Board of Directors elected eight individuals to the Executive Committee at its annual meeting, held recently at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Officers include: President: Mike Holschbach, Heatherstone Enterprises, Inc., Baraboo, Wisconsin 1st Vice President: Debbie Crave, Crave Brothers Farm, LLC, Waterloo, Wisconsin 2nd Vice President: Dean Hermsdorf, Vita Plus Corporation, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin Secretary/Treasurer: Bill Barlass, Barlass Jerseys, Janesville, Wisconsin

Also serving on the Executive Committee are: Tom Morris, Tom Morris Ltd., Amery, Wisconsin; Steve Larson, Hoard’s Dairyman, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin; Steve Strickler, Strickler Farms, Iola, Kansas; and Bob Kaiser, University of Wisconsin Extension, Juneau, Wisconsin.

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, Wisconsin, 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, Wisconsin, 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, Wisconsin, serves as vice chair.

New board members welcomed

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, Wisconsin (ex-officio member); Chuck Miller, representing Nasco, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin; Bob Hagenow, Vita Plus Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin; Dave Kyle, Kylecrest Holsteins, LLC, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, representing Foremost Farms USA; Tom Morris, Tom Morris, Ltd., Amery, Wisconsin; and Ernie Kueffner, Kueffner Holsteins & Jerseys, Boonsboro, Maryland. Also serving as an ex-officio member is William F. Tracy, interim dean of the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. PD

—From World Dairy Expo news release

PHOTOS
TOP: World Dairy Expo’s 2011 Executive Committee members include, left to right, front row: Bill Barlass, Mark Clarke, Debbie Crave, Dean Hermsdorf and Mike Holschbach; back row: Jeff Lyon, Steve Strickler, Steve Larson and Tom Morris. Missing from the photo is Bob Kaiser.
BOTTOM: Individuals appointed to serve on World Dairy Expo’s Board of Directors include, left to right, front row: Dave Kyle, Tom Morris and Ernie Kueffner; back row: Jeff Lyon, Chuck Miller and Bob Hagenow. Missing from photo is William F. Tracy.
Photos courtesy of World Dairy Expo.