Volunteers
Volunteer at World Dairy Expo!
Each fall, World Dairy Expo is held in Madison, Wisconsin at the Alliant Energy Center. To make WDE possible, Expo recruits the help of up to 500 volunteers, helping in areas from the Purple Cow Gift Shop to the Dairy Cattle Show.
Are you interested in volunteering during World Dairy Expo? Please complete our Volunteer Interest Form (found here) and a WDE staff employee will be in touch if a volunteer opportunity arises for you.
Friends Of Expo
Each year, World Dairy Expo hosts a celebration honoring all the Friends Of Expo (FOE) who go above and beyond to ensure the event is a success, from those who are hired to help staff the event to those who volunteer their time and efforts. At this annual event, World Dairy Expo honors a few select individuals who consistently go above and beyond to help Expo.
Previous FOE Winners
2023 Dave Bollig
2023 Katie Palmer & Lee Haag
2023 John Salzwedel
2022 Adam Alesch
2022 Berta Hansen
2022 Bob & Marge Kaether
2021 Ken Elliott
2020 Michael Hellenbrand
2019 Event Essentials
2019 Rick Feran
2019 Carol & John McKinley
2019 Pam VanderSanden
2018 Diane Amundson
2018 Pat & Phyllis Agnew and Family
2018 David & Cindy Cooper
2017 Diane Morgenthaler
2017 Dr. David Jeans
2017 Rick Farris
2017 Suzanne Lois
2016 Jim Dickrell
2016 Chuck Miller
2016 Rita Paulson
2016 Mary Latchford
2016 Marjorie Stieve
2015 Envision IT
2015 Troy Esser
2015 Rhonda Meinholz
2015 Dean Hermsdorf
2014 Al Deming
2014 Sandy Horn
2014 Token Creek Mobile Television
2014 Doug Williams
2013 Jeannie Marshall & Joe Feigley
2013 Diane Nichols
2013 Ted Woodstock, Silk Screen Advertising
2013 Dr. Mark Zidon
2012 Bonnie Bohse
2012 Skip Bohse
2012 Robert Fourdraine
2012 Nancy Solberg
2011 Maureen DeBruin
2011 Julie Ehrke
2011 Betty Haag
2011 Brenda Turner
2010 Corey Geiger
2010 Dr. Roland Jeans
2010 Joan Judd
2009 Gary Kolpin
2009 Connie Kolpin
2009 Gordon Marquart
2009 Lynda Yates
2008 Laurie Breuch
2008 Gail Palmisano
2008 Dale Ziegler
2008 The Madison Concourse Hotel
2007 Kim Erb
2007 Bob Hagenow
2007 Betty Rotar
2007 Tammy Rotar
2006 Garvin Anderson
2006 Kim Moucha
2006 Kim Brown Pokorny
2006 Richard Stampfl
2005 Tom Earleywine
2005 Nancy Eisele
2005 Sandy Franklin
2005 Nasco
2004 Maurice & Gerri Cooper
2004 Rick Halvorson
2004 John Lang
2004 Clarence Olson
2003 AgSource Cooperative Services
2003 Brian Herr
2003 Bob Kaiser
2003 Carol & Gordon Van Keuren
2002 Jim & Sonjia Olstad
2002 Rex Ricketts
2002 Kendal Uphoff
2002 Kevin Uphoff
2002 Vita Plus
2001 Dave Badula
2001 Mike Reuter
2001 Rudy Van Fleet
2000 Laura Blaska
2000 Shirley Bostad
2000 Virginia Buhler
2000 George Gibert
2000 Dr. Bob Rowe
2000 Farm Journal/Dairy Today
1999 Nolan Anderson
1999 Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
1999 W. Phil Niemeyer
1998 Sheila McGuirk
1998 Hoard's Dairyman
1998 Roger Ripley
1997 Lisa Behnke
1997 Tom Morris LTD.
1997 Joe Sarbacker
1996 Mike Ashworth
1996 Deb Boyke
1996 Arthur Nesbitt
1995 Accelerated Genetics
1995 Greg Blaska
1995 Dave Selner
1994 Jerry Darling
1994 Ray Kuehl
1994 Frank McClellan
1993 Verlo DeWall
1993 John & Vi Helt
1993 Al Wollenzien
1993 Jerry Wood
1992 James W. Crowley, Jr.
1992 Pam Jahnke and WTSO
1992 Jim Smith
1991 W. Terry Howard
1991 Roger & Gloria Palmer
1991 Pfizer
1990 American Breeders Service
1990 Duane Miller
1990 Les Peckham
1989 Merle Howard
1989 R. Dale Jones
1989 Holstein World
1988 Ruby Anderson
1988 UW-Dairy Science Department
1987 Jonathan Barry
1987 John Raab
1986 Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
1986 Myrna Sue Jones
1985 Jan Walton
1985 Hoard's Dairyman
1984 Leland Allenstein
1984 Robert Bjorkland
1983 Ardath DeWall
1983 Robert Zimmerman
1982 John Garrett
1982 Joe Gilbert
1982 Marsh Sergenian
1981 James Crowley, Sr.