Join us in welcoming new leaders for the 2009 calendar year!

Regional Directors
The regional director election is over and the newest regional directors have been selected. A regional director serves as a director for two years. Terms within a region are staggered so one director from a region retires from the board each year. Below are the newest and current regional directors by region:

Region I
(new) Joseph Middione, Jr., AGRIAN
Diana “Dee” Monsen, CAPCA

Region II
(new) Becky Rasmussen, Drake & Company/Natl. Christmas Tree Assn.
Kendal Frazier, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Region III
(new) Bev Larson, NK Seeds
Colin Clarke, AdFarm

Region IV
(new) Sheri Seger, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
Krista Wolf, GROWMARK, Inc.

Region V
(new) R. Frank Timberlake, R.F. Timberlake & Company, Inc.
Allison Bass, AGCO Corporation

Region VI
(new) Andy Vance, AdVance Broadcast & Communications, Ltd.
Gardner Hatch, Gibbs & Soell Public Relations

Executive Committee
Qualifications of an Executive Committee member are: (1) Be an active, dues-paying member of NAMA; (2) Have served as president of an affiliated chapter or as chair of a council or national committee or as a regional director; (3) The President-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer must have served on the Executive Committee as a Vice President. The Executive Committee is elected by the Board of Directors by a majority affirmative vote at the annual Board of Directors meeting with nominations by the following procedures: (1) A five-member Nominating Committee prepares a slate consisting of one or more nominees for each retiring office of the Executive Committee and presents that slate to the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee consists of: The immediate past president, who will serve as chair; The next, most recent, past president who agrees to serve; One current chapter president (appointed by the chair); and two other current members of the Board of Directors who are not chapter presidents (appointed by the chair). Nominations may be made from the floor during the annual Board of Directors meeting by any director. Nominees must give oral or written consent to serve prior to nomination. Every effort is made to assure a balanced representation of the various components and geographical diversity of the agri-marketing industry on the Executive Committee. Officers elected to the Executive Committee at the annual meeting will take office on January 1, 2009.

The 2009 Executive Committee Members are:

National President
Carol Anderson, Mariposa Partners

National President-Elect
Susie Decker, Farm Progress Companies

Secretary/Treasurer
Vicki Henrickson, Blasdel Cleaver Schwalbe Communications

Vice Presidents
Barry Nelson, John Deere
Beth Burgy, Broadhead + Company
Paul Redhage, FMC Agricultural Products
Robert Ratliff, ProfitableFarming.com
(new) Ken Dean, High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal
(new) Kenna Rathai, Kenna B. Rathai Communications

Congratulations and welcome new leaders!