WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) announced on March 29 that its members elected 18 industry leaders to serve on its board of directors during the organization’s 116th annual convention this month.

Established in 1896, the NGFA consists of more than 1,000-member companies from all sectors of the grain elevator, feed and feed ingredient, integrated livestock and poultry, grain processing, biofuels and exporting business that operate about 7,000 facilities nationwide and handle more than 70 percent of all U.S. grains and oilseeds. 

Elected to three-year terms on the NGFA Board of Directors were:  Erik Anderson, president, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.; David Baudler, president, Cargill Ag Horizons, Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.; Joann Brouillette, partner, Demeter LLP, Fowler, Indiana, U.S.; Joe Christopher, senior general manager, Crossroads Co-op, Sidney, Nebraska, U.S.; Irvin Clubine, general manager, United Farmers Co-op, George, Iowa, U.S.; Charles Colbert, export manager, Zen-noh Grain Corp., Mandeville, Louisiana, U.S.; Tom Coyle, general manager, Nidera U.S. LLC, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.; Larry Hammond, president, TruPointe Cooperative, Piqua, Ohio, U.S.; Chuck Heuring, merchandiser, Penny Newman Grain Co., Fresno, California, U.S.

Also elected to three-year terms on the NGFA Board were:  Robert Jones, senior vice-president, ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago LLC, Chicago, Ill.; Bill Krueger, chief executive officer, Lansing Trade Group, Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.; Art Loeffler, president, Star of the West Milling Co., Frankenmuth, Michigan, U.S.; Dan Mack, vice-president, transportation and terminal operations, CHS Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.; Joe Taets, senior vice-president and president, Agricultural Services Business Unit, Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, Ill.; Will Waters, principal and vice-president, Harris-Crane Inc., Charlotte, N.C.; and Don Woodburn, senior director of marketing, Ag Processing Inc., Omaha, Nebraska.

Members of the NGFA’s Board of Directors subsequently elected 13 of its members to serve on the 18-member NGFA Executive Committee.  They are:  Erik Anderson, president, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.; David Baudler, president, Cargill Ag Horizons, Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.; Sharon Clark, vice-president, transportation, Perdue AgriBusiness Inc., Salisbury, Maryland, U.S.; Tom Coyle, general manager, Nidera U.S. LLC, Chicago, Ill.; Paul DeBruce, executive vice-president, The Gavilon Group LLC, and chief executive officer, DeBruce Companies, Kansas City, Missouir.

Geoff Finch, vice-president and chief operations officer, Wenger’s Feed Mill Inc., Rheems, Pennsylvania, U.S.; David Geers, president, Michigan Agricultural Commodities, Lansing, Michigan, U.S.; John Heck, vice-president, The Scoular Co., Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.; Roger Krueger, vice-president, grain marketing, South Dakota Wheat Growers Association, Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S.; Steven Nail, president and chief executive officer, Farmers Grain Terminal Inc., Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.; Benjamin Smith, general manager, Attebury Grain LLC, Amarillo, Texas, U.S.; Joe Taets, senior vice-president and president, Agricultural Services Business Unit, Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, Illinois, U.S.; and Eric Wilkey, president, Arizona Grain Inc., Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S.

In addition, serving on the NGFA’s Executive Committee by virtue of their office are:  NGFA Chairman David Hoogmoed, executive vice-president, Land O’Lakes Inc., and chief operating officer, Feed Group, Land O’Lakes Inc., Arden Hills, Minnesota, U.S.;  First Vice-Chairman Bailey Ragan, vice-president, Bunge Grain, Fertilizer and Biofuels, Bunge North America Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.; Second Vice-Chairman Gary Beachner, chief executive officer, Beachner Grain Inc., Parsons, Kansas, U.S.; Immediate Past Chairman Hal Reed, chief operating officer, The Andersons, Maumee, Ohio, U.S., who now serves as chairman of NGFA’s Executive Committee; and NGFA Acting President Randy Gordon, Washington D.C.