Release No.: 151-16
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 39 members and five alternate members to the United Soybean Board. All but one appointee will serve three-year terms beginning December 2016.
Appointed members are as follows: Derek Haigwood, Newport, Ark.; Cory Atkins, Seaford, Del.; Daniel E. Farney, Morton, Ill.; Doug Winter, Mill Shoals, Ill.; Kevin Wilson, Walton, Ind.; David L. Lowe, Dunkirk, Ind.; Delbert J. Christensen, Audubon, Iowa; Ronald Ohlde, Palmer, Kan.; Lance Rezac, Onaga, Kan.; Charles J. Cannatella, Melville, La.; William H. Layton, Vienna, Md.; James B. Domagalski, Columbus, Mich.; David R. Williams, Elsie, Mich.; James Willers, Beaver Creek, Minn.; Gene Stoel, Lake Wilson, Minn.; David Wansley, Vicksburg, Miss.; C. Douglas Simmons III, Leland, Miss.; Neal W. Bredehoeft, Alma, Mo.; Meagan Kaiser, Bowling Green, Mo.; Gregg A. Fujan, Weston, Neb.; Edward Lammers, Hartington, Neb.; Wilfrid Bibus, Chesterfield, N.J.; Ralph K. Lott, Seneca Falls, N.Y.; Jacob J. Parker, Columbia, N.C.; Benjamin Derek Potter (2-year term), Grantsboro, N.C.; Jared C. Hagert, Emerado, N.D.; Darren Kadlec, Pisek, N.D.; Keith L. Kemp, West Manchester, Ohio; Steve Reinhard, Bucyrus, Ohio; Paul Fruendt, Guthrie, Okla.; John Harrell, Lebanon, Pa.; Lewis G. Bainbridge, Ethan, S.D.; John Dodson, Halls, Tenn.; Cameron W. Gibson, Orange, Va.; Nancy Kavazanjian, Beaver Dam, Wis.; Jennifer Poltermann, Genoa City, Wis.; Dan Roe, Monticello, Wis.; H.M. (Marty) Kable, Charles Town, W.V., Eastern Region; and Grant Watermann, Vona, Colo., Western Region.
The alternate members appointed are: Dallas R. Wright, Millsboro, Del.; Fred R. Catalano, Woodstown, N.J.; Elizabeth N. Rudgers, Pavilion, N.Y.; Scotty Herriman, South Coffeyville, Okla.; and Ross Watermann, Vona, Colo., Western Region.
The board is authorized by the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act. The Secretary selected the appointees from soybean producers nominated by Qualified State Soybean Boards. The board was established in 1992 and will increase this year from 70 to 73 members representing 29 states and two geographical units. The increase is a result of the reapportionment conducted in 2015 that added three members in Missouri, New Jersey, and Wisconsin.
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