WASHINGTON-(AgWatch)--U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced 36 appointments to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board Wednesday along with nine members and nine alternates to the American Egg Board.
The appointees for the Beef Board will immediately serve 3-year terms, while members and alternates for the Egg Board will hold 2-year terms.
For the Beef Board, Vilsack said that the appointees represent a cross section of the beef industry.
"I am confident that beef producers and importers of cattle, beef and beef products will be well served by them," said Vilsack.
The Beef Board oversees collection of $1-per-head on all cattle sold in the United States, and $1-per-head equivalent on imported cattle, beef and beef products.
Newly appointed members representing cattle producers are:
Barbara S. Jackson, Ariz.
Willem Bylsma, Calif.
Darrel C. Sweet, Calif.
Robert W. Buck, Colo.
Jeffrey L. Clausen, Iowa
Dean A. Black, Iowa
Daniel P. Herrmann, Kan.
Larry M. Olten, Kan.
Genevieve D. Lyons, La.
Andrew B. Salinas, Mich.
John C. Schafer, Minn.
David M. McCormick, Miss.
Kevin H. Frankenbach, Mo.
Kristy L. Lage, Neb.
Judith A. Reece, Neb.
Annalyn Settelmeyer, Nev.
Tamara A. Ogilvie, N.M.
Ernest B. Harris, N.C
Thomas A. Woods, Okla.
James C. Kesler, S.C.
Danni K. Beer, S.D.
Linda J. Gilbert, S.D.
Robert J. Reviere, Jr., Tenn.
Larry B. Pratt, Texas
Andrea W. Reed, Texas
D. Rudolph Tate, Texas
Bruce D. Dopslauf, Texas
Laurie L. Munns, Utah
Jane E. Clifford, Vt.
Larry D. Echols, W.Va.
Martin A. Andersen, Wis.
Randall A. Geiger, Wis.
Spencer A. Ellis, Wyo.
Newly appointed members representing importers are:
Alberto J. Senosiain, Fla.
Andrew Banchi, Penn.
Scott A. Hansen, Va.
As for the Egg Board, it is composed of 18 members and 18 alternates representing six regions. The U.S. Ag Secretary selects appointees from egg producers nominated by organizations representing the egg industry.
Reappointed members and alternates, by region, are:
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES - Richard L. Simpson, Monroe, N. C., member; K. Jacques Klempf, Jacksonville, Fla., alternate.
EAST NORTH CENTRAL STATES - Gregory S. Herbruck, Saranac, Mich., member
SOUTH CENTRAL STATES - Timothy J. Bebee, Wakefield, Neb., member, Richard R. Hall, Massena, Iowa, alternate; Gregory B. Nelson, Manhattan, Kan., alternate.
WESTERN STATES - Craig A Willardson, Norco, Calif., member; Roger D. Deffner, Everett, Wash., member; Clint L. Hickman, Buckeye, Ariz., alternate;
Newly appointed members and alternates, by region, are:
NORTH ATLANTIC STATES - Paul D. Sauder, Lititz, Pa., member; Karyn M. Kreher, Clarence, N.Y., alternate.
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES - Larry R. Thomason, Calhoun, Ga., member; Ronald S. Braswell, Nashville, N.C., alternate.
EAST NORTH CENTRAL STATES - Thomas A. Stoller, Van Wert, Ohio, alternate.
WEST NORTH CENTRAL STATES - Scott T. Ramsdell, Flandreau, S.D., member; Amos Baer, Lake Park, Minn., alternate.
SOUTH CENTRAL STATES - Brian V. Joyer, New Hampton, Iowa, member.
WESTERN STATES - Mark G. Oldenkamp, Woodburn, Ore., alternate.
Membership terms on the board are staggered so that half of the membership is appointed each year in order to provide continuity in policy.
