Leadership

Executive Board

• Officers

  • President: Dr. Marcia Endres, University of Minnesota; miendres@umn.edu
  • Vice President: Dr. Jeff Brose, Cargill; Jeff_Brose@cargill.com
  • Secretary: Dr. Gustavo Schuenemann, The Ohio State University; schuenemann.5@osu.edu
  • Treasurer: Dr. Ricardo Chebel, University of Florida; rcchebel@ufl.edu
  • Immediate Past President: Dr. Elizabeth Cox (ex-officio); Land O'Lakes; elizms@gmail.com

• Directors

  • Dr. Lily Edwards-Callaway, Colorado State University; lily.edwards-callaway@colostate.edu
  • Dr. Donald Niles, Dairy Dreams LLC; donniles@dairy-dreams.com
  • Dan Rice, Prairieland Dairy; dan.rice1056@gmail.com
  • Dr. Juan Velez, Aurora Organic Dairy; Jvelez@aodmilk.com

Committees

• Program

  • Dr. Meggan Hain (chair), Organic Valley; Meggan.Hain@organicvalley.coop
  • Dr. Emily Miller-Cushon (local liaison), University of Florida; emillerc@ufl.edu
  • Dr. Robert Hagevoort, New Mexico State University; dairydoc@nmsu.edu
  • Dr. Peter Krawczel, University of Tennessee; krawczel@utk.edu
  • Dr. Martin Maquivar, Washington State University; martin.maquivar@wsu.edu

• Membership

  • Dr. Brandon Treichler (chair), Select Milk Producers; qmlkdoc@gmail.com
  • Dr. Joao Costa, University of Kentucky; costa@uky.edu
  • Mark Rodgers, Polled Strategies; mkvt.polled@gmail.com

• Strategic Advisory

  • Dr. Jan Shearer (chair), Iowa State University; jks@iastate.edu

• Consumer and Animal Advocacy

  • Dr. Jim Reynolds (chair), jimrey@pacbell.net
  • Dr. Donald Hoenig, American Humane Association; dochoenigvmd78@gmail.com
  • Dr. Barry Kipperman, VetCare; bkipper98@aol.com
  • Dr. Jennifer Walker, Danone North America; cowdoc00@gmail.com

• Food Industry Advisory

  • Dr. Warren Skippon (chair), Saputo; Warren.Skippon@saputo.com
  • Charlie Arnot, The Center for Food Integrity; charlie.arnot@foodIntegrity.org
  • Craig Wilson, Costco; cwilson@costco.com

Executive Administrator

• Dr. Jeff Workman, The Ohio State University; DCWCouncil@gmail.com