World Dairy Expo Leadership
The World Dairy Expo Board of Directors is comprised of business professionals and dairy producers representing many dairy industry organizations. The Board of Directors was established in 1970, when World Dairy Expo, Inc. (WDE) was formed. The following are Expo directors, their organization affiliations and/or board positions.
President Bill Hageman * At-Large Representative |
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Vice President |
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Treasurer |
Bill Barlass Director Emeritus |
Dave Kyle |
Dave Bollig * WDE Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent |
Joan Lau * At-Large Representative |
Scott Culbertson Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Jeff Lyon At-Large Representative |
Jason Danhof |
Annie McCullough Farm Journal Media, Official Program Publisher |
Alan Deming Director Emeritus |
Jennifer Meyer Purebred Breeders of WDE |
Kami Dorn |
Joey Opsal |
Glen Easter |
Randy Romanski Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) |
Paul Fricke |
Chad Ryan |
Corey Geiger |
Jeannette Sheehan |
Calvin Graber Associated Milk Producers, Inc. |
Jim Sipiorski CentralStar Cooperative, Inc. |
Keith Heikes URUS |
Brooke Trustem |
Dean Hermsdorf |
Bryan Voegeli * |
Laura Herschleb * |
Ryan Weigel Wisconsin Holstein Association |
Josh Hushon * At-Large Representative |
Doug Williams * |
Kevin Jorgensen * |
Emily Yeiser Stepp |
Ernie Kueffner |
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*Denotes member of the Executive Committee |
Commercial Exhibitor Committee
Doug Williams, Kuhn North America, Inc. (Chair) |
Doug Harland, Dairyland Laboratories |
Josh Hushon, Cargill Animal Nutrition (Vice Chair) | Mike Opperman, National Dairy Shrine |
Danielle Brown, American Jersey Cattle Association | Emily Warnimont, Trans Ova |
Erin Carter, Lallemand Animal Nutrition | Karen Lally, VES-Artex |
Joe Coburn, Coburn Company, Inc. | Steve Pesik, Oxbo International Corp. |
Cheryl DeCraene, GEA Farm Technologies | Terri Smith, Select Sires, Inc. |
Jenny Eighmy, Peach Teats | Marjorie Stieve, Vita Plus Corporation |
Sara Gabor, Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc. | Laura Tresslar, Merck Animal Health |
Jane Griswold, Hoard's Dairyman | Taylor Weisensel, Ag-Bag by RCI |
Sara Harbaugh, Zoetis |
Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee
Tom Morris, Industry Representative (Chair) | Dr. Donna Mertz, National Ayrshire Representative |
Bryan Voegeli, National Brown Swiss Representative (Vice Chair) | Jim Meyer, National Guernsey Representative |
Katie Agnew, National Milking Shorthorn Representative |
Terri Packard, Eastern United States Representative |
Dave Bollig, Overall Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent |
Andrew Reynolds, Red & White Representative |
Lucas Clanton, Midwestern United States Representative | Joe Rocha, Western United States and Western Canada Representative |
Evan Creek, At-Large Ayrshire Representative | Chad Ryan, Wisconsin Representative |
Ted deMent, National Jersey Representative | Dusty Schirm, At-Large Jersey Representative |
Brian Dinderman, At-Large Guernsey Representative | Kevin Stoltzfus, At-Large Guernsey Representative |
Erica Enright, Eastern Canada Representative | Jennifer Thomas, At-Large Jersey Representative |
Corey Geiger, National Holstein Representative | Eric Topp, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
Lynn Harbaugh, At-Large Red & White Representative |
Roger Turner, Industry Representative |
Matt Henkes, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative | Mark Valentine, At-Large Ayrshire Representative |
Jennifer Hill, At-Large Holstein Representative |
Sarah Wendorf, National Red & White Representative |
Christopher Lang, Industry Representative | TJ Wingert, At-Large Milking Shorthorn Representative |
Anthony Liddle, At-Large Holstein Representative | Heather Yoder, At-Large Brown Swiss Representative |
Dr. Sheila M. McGuirk, Industry Representative |