Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Front L to R: John Patchoski (Koch Foods), Immediate Past Chairman, Dr. Jianlin Si (Tyson Foods), Second Vice Chairman, Thomas Isaf (Interra International), Chairman, Martin Piffaretti (Foodlink Group) First Vice Chairman, Haden Slain (Poseidon Forwarding) Member-at-Large, Andrew Syzmanski (Wayne-Sanderson Farms), Member-at-Large.
Back L to R: Christine McCracken (Rabobank), Associate Member-at-Large, Oleg Kovalev (Mountaire Farms), Member-at-Large, Greg Tyler (USAPEEC), Thierry Murad (AJC International), Market Advisory Panel Chair, Scott Gaffner (Illinois Soybean Association), Commodity Member-at-Large. Not pictured: Ryan Downes (Farbest Foods), Secretary-Treasurer.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Commodity Board Members
American Egg Board, Emily Metz
Illinois Corn Marketing Board, Matt Raben
Illinois Soybean Association, Scott Gaffner
Indiana Soybean Alliance, Keevin Lemenager
Iowa Soybean Association, Karen Long
Kansas Corn Commission, Josh Roe
Kansas Soybean Commission, Dennis Hupe
Kentucky Corn Board, Steve Kelley
Kentucky Soybean Board, Tim Thomas
Michigan Soybean Committee, Mark Trowbridge
Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Todd Wintzel
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, Klinton Holiday
National Corn Growers Association, Michael Granche
Nebraska Corn Board, Payton Schaneman
Nebraska Soybean Board, Ruth Ready
North Carolina Soybean Board, Charles Hall
North Dakota Corn, Jean Henning
Ohio Corn & Wheat, Clark Sheets
Ohio Soybean Council, Madison Layman
SD Soybean Research & Promotion Council, Mike McCranie
United Soybean Board, Gary Berg
Past Chairmen
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Elbert Boyd - E. Boyd & Associates 1985 - 1986 |
Larry Lieberman - Boston Agrex 2004 - 2005 |
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Henry Holler - Rockingham Poultry 1987 - 1988 |
Neil Carey - Simmons Foods 2005 - 2006 |
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Norman Tucker - Tucker & Associates 1988 - 1989 |
Kent Puffenbarger - Prestage Foods 2006 - 2007 |
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Jerry Faulkner - U.S. Egg Marketers 1989 - 1990 |
Mark Blanchard - NOCS 2007 - 2008 |
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Roy N. Brown - Tyson 1990 - 1991 |
Saher Rizk - Mirasco 2008 - 2009 |
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Don Ford - API 1991 - 1992 |
Don Ellen - Sanderson Farms 2009 - 2010 |
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Bo Coursey - Fieldale Farms 1992 - 1993 |
Joel Coleman - Butterball 2010 - 2011 |
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Jim Hoben - Wampler Foods 1993 - 1994 |
Thierry Murad - AJC International 2011 - 2012 |
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David Hefler - DeCoster Egg Farms 1994 - 1995 |
Chaz Wilson - Grove Services 2012 - 2013 |
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Alex Stripling - GoldKist 1995 - 1996 |
Charles Von Der Heyde - Pilgrim's/JBS 2013 - 2014 |
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Eric Joiner - AJC International 1996 - 1997 |
Mike Little - Mountaire Farms 2014 - 2015 |
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Jeffrey Hester - Pierce Foods 1997 - 1998 |
Jim Wayt - Intervision Foods 2015 - 2016 |
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Peggy Vining - Perdue Farms 1998 - 1999 |
Steve Monroe - Sanderson Farms 2016 - 2017 |
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Danny Rogers - PM Global 1999 - 2000 |
Marc Killebrew - Tyson Foods 2017 - 2018 |
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Gil Eckhoff - Henningsen Foods 2000 - 2001 |
Ryan Downes - Farbest Foods 2018 - 2019 |
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Jim Hoben - Pilgrim's Pride 2001 - 2002 |
Mark Barrett - Lamex Foods 2019 - 2020 |
| Charles Joyner - Dolphin Shipping & Trading 2002 - 2003 |
Chaz Wilson - Pilgrim's 2020 - 2022 |
| Greg Huett - Tyson 2003 - 2004 |
Paul Sauder - Penn Dutch Eggs 2022 - 2023 |
| John Patchoski - Koch Foods 2023 - 2024 |
Honorary Directors for Life
| Neil Carey - Simmons Prepared Foods | Eric Joiner - AJC International |
| Hardy "Bo" Coursey - Fieldale Farms | Andy Schutz - Allen Family Foods |
| David Hefler - Hefler & Co. | Norman Tucker - Tucker Associates |
| Jim Hoben - Interra International | Peggy Vining - Perdue Farms |
| Henry Holler - Rockingham Poultry |