April 6-8, 2014 Kansas City, Mo. Animal Institute

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April 6-8, 2014 l Kansas City, Mo.

Welcome! Congratulations on being selected for the AFA Animal Institute! This event is AFA’s Mission : part of a growing number of AFA Leader Institutes, exposing and connecting Agriculture Future of America college leaders to specific sectors of agriculture. identifies, encourages and supports outstanding college What to Expect: men and women preparing for • Meet with animal and animal health professionals careers in the agriculture and • Create an understanding of area animal health and science providers food industry. • Gain a greater understanding of animal health opportunities • Discuss issues, trends and opportunities facing agriculture • See a representation of organizations and businesses as well as Student Opportunities: the environment and culture of participating companies • Create relationships that may aid in internship and work experiences AFA provides a variety of • Leave more prepared for a career in agriculture opportunities for your personal and professional development throughout the year including At a Glance: the following:

Sunday, April 6 Monday, April 7 AFA Leaders Conference AFA Animal Institute Orientation Industry Tours www.agfuture.org/conference Animal Health Cooridor Overview AFA Animal Institute Dinner AFA Leader Institutes AFA Animal Institute Executive Panel www.agfuture.org/institutes World Cafe Tuesday April 8 Tour Preparation AFA ONTAP Can You Talk Animal Agriculture? www.agfuture.org/ontap Careers in Animal Agriculture Round Table Feedback and Wrap Up

See the full AFA Animal Institute Schedule on the following pages.

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April 6-8, 2014 l Kansas City, Mo. Sunday, April 6 Westin Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center 1 E Pershing Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108

3:30 p.m. Registration Begins Washington Park Foyer

4:30 p.m. Orientation & AFA Overview Washington Park 2 & 3

5:00 p.m. Welcome & Overview: Kansas City Animal Health Corridor Washington Park 2 & 3 Kim Young, Vice President, Bioscience Development, Kansas City Area Development Council

5:20 p.m. AFA Animal Institute Executive Panel with Animal Health Corridor Leadership Washington Park 2 & 3 Moderator: Kim Young, Kansas City Area Development Council Tim Bettington, Boehringer Ingleheim Vetmedica Scott Bormann, Merck Animal Health Robert Casillas, MRIGlobal Kostas Kontopanos, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Daryl Pint, Ceva Biomune Ralph Richardson, Kansas State University School of Veterinary Medicine Ian Spinks, Bayer HealthCare, Animal Health

6:30 p.m. Dinner Benton’s Prime

8:00 p.m. World Café Washington Park 2 & 3

9:00 p.m. Tour Preparation and Training Washington Park 2 & 3

9:30 p.m. Adjourn

Monday, April 7 6:45 a.m. Tour Groups Begin Departing. Industry tours will take place from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Note: Bring a photo ID. Do not wear heels or open-toed shoes. You will be asked to change.

Group #1 Departs 7:40 a.m. Group #2 Departs 6:45 a.m. Osborn Barr (Breakfast) Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (Breakfast) Elanco Animal Health American Angus Association Ceva (Lunch) AgriLabs (Lunch) Microbial Surveillance Lab Global Prairie Group #3 Departs 7:30 a.m. Group #5 Departs 7:30 a.m. Duff Dynamic Marketing/AgriThority LLC (Breakfast) DeLaval (Breakfast) United States Animal Health Association U.S. Premium Beef BioZyme (Lunch) Seaboard Foods (Lunch) Triumph Foods Woodruff Sweitzer

Group #4 Departs 7:45 a.m. Group #6 Departs 7:00 a.m. AdFarm (Breakfast) Merck (Breakfast) Livestock Marketing Association Callahan Creek Dairy Farmers of America (Lunch) Hill’s Pet Nutrition (Lunch) Cargill Animal Nutrition American Hereford Association 4:30 p.m. Free Time at the American Royal Museum

5:30 p.m. AFA Animal Institute Industry Reception American Royal Complex, 1701 American Royal Court, 2nd Floor Balcony, Kansas City, MO 64102

6:00 p.m. AFA Animal Institute Industry Dinner Ambassador Room Keynote by Bob Petersen, American Royal Association

7:45 p.m. Return to Hotel - Free evening

Tuesday, April 8 Please check out of your room prior to the first session. Check your luggage at the front desk or put it in your car or university vehicle. 7:00 a.m. Breakfast Washington Park 1

7:45 a.m. Morning Welcome and Announcements Washington Park 2&3

8:00 a.m. Can you talk Animal Agriculture? Washington Park 2 & 3 Nevil Speer, Western Kentucky University

9:50 a.m. Break

10:00 a.m. Careers in Animal Agriculture Round Table Washington Park 2 & 3 Moderator: Kristie Larson, American Royal Association Joe Bichelmeyer, Bichelmeyer Meats Leland Brown, Merck Animal Health Craig Huffihnes, American Hereford Association Bryan Humphreys, National Pork Producers Council Scott Fray, Cooper County Animal Hospital David Katzer, Fleishmam Hillard Diane Loiselle, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Susan Mackey, SMM Cattle Company LLC Sarah Salmon, Zoetis Kerby Weaver, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica

12:00 p.m. Lunch, Feedback & Wrap up Session Washington Park 2 & 3

1:15 p.m. Adjourn Animal Institute April 6-8, 2014 l Kansas City, Mo.

All student participants have been divided into six groups to tour designated animal company locations. Tours will take place from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Please stay with your group, as each tour is full and cannot accommodate extra participants. Organizations listed on your tour have been sent your name. Representatives from all listed organizations have been invited to join students at the wrap-up dinner Monday night.

Group #1: Group #2: Tour destinations: Tour destinations: OsbornBarr (Breakfast) Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (Breakfast) Elanco Animal Health American Angus Association Ceva (Lunch) AgriLabs (Lunch) Microbial Surveillance Lab Global Prairie

Staff: Russ Weathers Staff: Nancy Barcus

Students: Students: Jake Baker Iowa State University Emily Brookshire University of Missouri Kara Bullock University of Central Missouri Susan Hawkins Pennsylvania State University Lisa Burianek Permooser University of Georgia Quinn Kolar Cornell University Jordan Flewellyn University of Illinois Carmen Metzger Michigan State University Morgan Forsee University of Kentucky Jessica Neal Oklahoma State University Shelby Huber University of Missouri Anna Phillips University of Illinois Sierra Kaufman Iowa State University Kathy Scienski University of Missouri Olivia Kendall South Dakota State University Benjamin Sims College of the Ozarks Jaime Mowry Cornell University Gerardo Vela Texas A&M University - Kingsville Leandro Sastre Texas A&M University Kingsville Sabrina Wilber Oklahoma State University Hannah Simmons Clemson University Katelynn Zechiel Purdue University Katelyn Warin Iowa State University Alexandra Zechiel Purdue University

Thank you to our 2014 AFA Animal Institute partners: Group #3: Group #4: Tour destinations: Tour destinations: Duff Dynamic Marketing/AgriThority LLC (Breakfast) AdFarm (Breakfast) United States Animal Health Association Livestock Marketing Association BioZyme (Lunch) Dairy Farmers of America (Lunch) Triumph Foods Cargill Animal Nutrition

Staff: Kaleigh Summers Staff: Derek Mulhern

Students: Students: Madalyn Cowser University of Illinois Laura Child University of Illinois Jaclyn Cubillas University of California - Davis Rebecca Dow Michigan State University Viviana Garza Texas A&M University - Kingsville Laura Gorecki University of Nebraska - Lincoln Marissa Lorenz Purdue University Ashley Love University of Missouri Dana McCurdy Washington State University Makala Muller University of Nebraska - Lincoln Katy Murfield The Ohio State University Brieanna Rohe University of Missouri Katie O’Brien Michigan State University Leigh Ruckman University of Missouri Haley Olsen North Carolina State University Amanda Sautner North Carolina State University Jean Rosenau North Dakota State University Hillary Snyder Northwest Missouri State University Olivia Schmidt University of Minnesota - St. Paul Kelsey Spaulding University of Idaho Jessica Sears Washington State University Connor Stein Iowa State University Jacob Sorensen South Dakota State University Nathan Stinson Kansas State University Jared Wellik Iowa State University

Group #5: Group #6: Tour destinations: Tour destinations: DeLaval (Breakfast) Merck (Breakfast) U.S. Premium Beef Callahan Creek Seaboard Foods (Lunch) Hill’s Pet Nutrition (Lunch) Woodruff Sweitzer America Hereford Association

Staff: Megan Karlin Staff: Mark Stewart

Students: Students: Haley Bledsoe University of Nebraska - Lincoln Rachel Bardot University of Missouri Casey Campbell University of Nebraska - Lincoln Naomi Cooper University of Illinois Emma Christensen South Dakota State University Jenica Hagler Washington State University Drew Dietz Iowa State University Melissa Jagodzinski Illinois State University Shelby Englert Purdue University Kaitlyn Patterson University of Arizona Jacqueline Ervin Oklahoma State University Alicia Pownall West Virginia University Hannah Horak Northwest Missouri State University Karli Robinson University of Illinois Courtney Lemons West Virginia University Stephanie Rosen University of Idaho Sarah Marketon University of Minnesota - St. Paul Ben Saylor University of Arizona Anna Leigh Peek Auburn University Morgan Schaeperkoetter Northwest Missouri State University Shotika Smith Colorado State University Melanie Spedale Auburn University Whitney Thomson Kirkwood Community College Michael Welch Kansas State University AFA Animal Institute Executive Panel Animal Institute

Moderator: Kim Young President, Bioscience Development | Kansas City Area Development Council Kimberly is the “go-to” person on life Kim also worked for Greater Wichita Economic Development sciences and technology for the Kansas Coalition (GWEDC), a public-private regional economic City Area Development Council. Kim development organization and the Kansas Department of has 12 years of experience in economic Commerce as the Prospects Manager. development in senior recruitment positions at the state and regional level Kim attended Pittsburg State University, graduating with a and now leads KCADC’s KC Animal Health Bachelor of Science degree, and was selected to the Phi Corridor effort. Kappa Phi Honor Society, the prestigious university-wide academic honor society. Kim graduated in December Prior to joining KCADC, Kimberly held the position as Vice 2007 from the University of Oklahoma’s Economic President, Business Recruitment for the Missouri Partnership. Development Institute.

Tim Bettington Vice President Sales and Marketing | Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. Tim Bettington joined Boehringer Ingelheim leads the sales and marketing teams for all other segments, Vetmedica, Inc., in early 2008 as senior including pet, cattle, and equine. associate director of swine marketing, where he was responsible for marketing Bettington has served the global animal health industry since some of the company’s most innovative 1997, beginning his career in his native Australia with Jurox swine vaccines on the market, including Pharmaceuticals, the leading Australian-owned animal health Ingelvac CircoFLEX and Ingelvac MycoFLEX. company. During his five years with Jurox, Bettington served in various roles, including territory manager, national product In April 2010, he was promoted from director of Large Animal manager and national sales and marketing manager. division, BIVI, to Executive Director in the Swine Division, responsible for leading the US Swine domestic business. Bettington is a graduate of the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus, and has a master’s degree in In March 2012, Tim was named vice president, sales and marketing management from Macquarie Graduate School of marketing for BIVI. In addition to his swine responsibilities, he Management. He currently resides in Platte City, Mo.

Scott Bormann Vice President U.S. Commercial Operations| Merck Animal Health Scott Bormann is the Vice President, strong leadership and significant contributions in promoting U.S. Commercial, for Merck Animal a culture of innovation, accountability and execution while Health. In this role, Scott is responsible delivering exceptional sales revenue growth. for U.S. sales and marketing for all business units, sales operations and Prior to joining Merck Animal Health, Scott held a number distributor sales. He also serves as a of sales, marketing and management roles across with member of Merck Animal Health’s Global several leading animal health companies. Scott holds both Commercial Senior Leadership Team. a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Education and a Master of Science in Animal Science from Texas A&M University. Scott, who has an extensive animal health background, is well respected within the industry and is recognized for his AFA Animal Institute Executive Panel Animal Institute

Robert Casillas Vice President Global Health Security | MRIGlobal Dr. Casillas serves as Vice President, medical defense. Global Health Security and is responsible Dr. Casillas has 28 years of biochemical toxicology research for developing strategic plans, experience, with 20 of those years in the management of high opportunities, and programs for growing containment (chemical surety and ABSL-3) operations and and further strengthening MRIGlobal’s over 340 personnel. markets with government, industry, and academia. Dr. Casillas came to MRIGlobal He serves on several boards and committees. These include after 12 years with Battelle, holding the Department of State’s Chemical Weapons Detection Focus several positions of progressive responsibility, including Vice Group of the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Technology President, Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear (CBRN) Working Group, the University of Missouri Research and Business Integration; Vice President, Biomedical Science and Development Advisory Board, the Board of Directors for the Technology Product Line; and Associate Director, Biomedical Missouri Biotechnology Association, the Kansas City Animal Research Center. Prior to Battelle, he served on active Health Corridor Advisory Board, and the Society of Toxicology duty in the U.S. Army as a Research Biochemist serving in Committee on Diversity Initiatives. various positions supporting the development of chemical and biological medical countermeasures and non-medical Dr. Casillas holds a Bachelor’s with Distinction degree in defense technologies. Dr. Casillas continues to serve in Biology, and a Ph.D. in Microbial Biochemistry from Georgia the U.S. Army Reserve, Medical Service Corps, at the rank State University. of Colonel, and provides subject matter expertise in CBRN

Daryl Pint CEO | Ceva Biomune Daryl Pint has 30 years of diverse, has also served on various boards of directors for industry- hands-on experience in all phases supporting agencies and not for profit organizations. Daryl of biotechnology site operations and has overseen the building of a state-of-the-art manufacturing management in the animal health industry. and production plant and state-of-the-art research and His career includes experiences with development laboratory for Ceva Biomune. Daryl is currently Solvay Animal Health, Fort Dodge Animal the CEO for Ceva Biomune. Health, and Novartis Animal Health. He AFA Animal Institute Executive Panel Animal Institute

Ralph Richardson Dean | Kansas State University School of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Ralph Richardson has been dean active in numerous academic, professional and scholarly of the College of Veterinary Medicine at societies. He is a diplomate of the American College of Kansas State University since August Veterinary Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine, Oncology). He 1998. Prior to that, he served as a faculty is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, member and Head of the Department of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, and Clinical Sciences at Purdue University. Dr. the Veterinary Cancer Society, among others. He has been Richardson received his DVM from Kansas involved in activities related to veterinary student education, State University in 1970, served as a workforce development for veterinary medicine and related Captain in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, completed clinical industries as well as food safety and security, public health and training programs at Purdue University and the University comparative medicine programs. of Missouri, and was in private practice in Miami, FL. He is

Ian Spinks President & General Manager, Animal Health North America | Bayer HealthCare Bayer is a global leader in manufacturing In his 23 year career at Bayer, Spinks has held numerous and marketing of parasite control products leadership positions in different business functions including and prescription pharmaceuticals for dogs, strategic marketing, operational marketing, business cats, horses, cattle and swine. As president development, product development and regional management. and general manager for Bayer HealthCare Animal Health North America, Ian is When Spinks joined Bayer’s Consumer Care Division in 1991, responsible for management and strategic he brought almost a decade of experience in marketing and direction of Bayer’s North sales with Johnson & Johnson and Smith Kline Beecham. American animal health business. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry and mathematics from Prior to this role, Ian was Senior Vice President and Global University of London, and then went on to receive his MBA in Head of the Analgesics, CardioAspirin and Cold/Flu Strategic marketing and finance from Columbia School of Business. Ian Business Units in Bayer HealthCare’s Consumer Care division. was born in England and is married with two children. Before that, he was Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Development for Consumer Care where he oversaw Global Marketing and Communications and Competitive Intelligence. Animal Institute Presenters

Bob Petersen President and CEO |American Royal Association Bob Petersen is president and CEO Petersen has a strong background in agriculture and of the American Royal Association executive leadership. That background includes service of Kansas City, a position to which as president and chief executive officer of the Kansas he was named on January 1, 2011. City Board of Trade (2000-2004). Prior to joining the Immediately prior to his appointment, exchange, Petersen was president of a Washington, DC- he had served as the group’s COO on based trade association, the National Grain Trade Council, a five-month interim basis while the where he represented grain companies, railroads, and Association completed a national search grain exchanges. Seen as one of the grain industry’s most for its chief staff officer. effective lobbyists, Petersen was intimately involved in the legislative process affecting nearly all farm and futures The American Royal of Kansas City is Midwest icon. Now trading legislation over a 20-year span. in its 115th year, the Royal hosts 30-some events over 11 weeks in the fall of each year. Those events include livestock Petersen is a native of Nebraska where he grew up on a and horse shows, a rodeo, the world’s largest barbeque family ranch in central Nebraska. He is a graduate of the competition, and many other related activities. Undergirding University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He and his spouse, Doris, all of this is the Royal’s basic mission to benefit youth, are residents of Kansas City, Missouri. They are the proud scholarship, and education while providing competitive parents of two grown daughters and the grandparents of two learning experiences and celebrating agrarian values. The little cowboys. Royal is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization.

Nevil Speer Professor of Animal Science | Western Kentucky University Nevil Speer serves as Professor of in Leadership Studies. Speer remains highly involved Animal Science at Western Kentucky with the livestock and food industry serving on various University. His primary responsibilities national committees including the National Institute include teaching, applied research and for Animal Agriculture’s Board of Directors. Dr. Speer industry outreach. University duties provides regular content for several publications including also entail directing a master’s program Feedstuffs, BEEF Magazine, and CALF News. Careers in Animal Agriculture Animal Institute

Moderator: Kristie Larson Director of Education | American Royal Association Kristie Larson is Director of Education Development Authority, in sales with Heritage Trading for the American Royal Association Company and corporate communications with Dairy Farmers in Kansas City, Missouri. A native of of America. In her role at the American Royal, Larson is Cameron, Missouri, she received her responsible for education programs, scholarships, intern B.S. from the University of Missouri in and new hire training and oversight of the American Royal Agricultural Education. Larson began her Museum. She has served on the Mizzou Alumni Board of career with the National Pork Board in Kansas City and the Epsilon Mu Chapter of Sigma Kappa Des Moines, Iowa in producer education. Housing Corporation Board. Larson currently resides in Throughout her fifteen year career, she Roeland Park, Kansas with her husband and two daughters. was worked in state government at the Iowa Agricultural She can be contacted at [email protected].

Joe Bichelmeyer Co-Owner | Bichelmeyer Meats Joe Bichelmeyer is co-owner of Company, and Silkville Ranch, where he has cow-calf Bichelmeyer Meats in Kansas City, Mo. operation of 500 mother cows, and approximately 150 Bichelmeyer Meats, a family-owned replacement heifers. Joe works very closely with the business started in 1946, is a custom backgrounding yard and the finishing yard to supply processing plant as well as a retailer Bichelmeyer Meats with quality angus beef that is offered to of beef, pork, lamb, goat, homemade the public by the side, quarter or retail cuts. Joe has been in sausages, lunch meat, whole roasted this business his entire life, and he always knew his future pigs, wild game and many other was at Bichelmeyer Meats. He was anxious to get started products and services. Bichelmeyer Meats is currently back then, and is looking forward to many more years with owned by Jim Bichelmeyer, Joe Bichelmeyer and Joe’s son, the family business. Matt Bichelmeyer. Joe and his wife of 43 years, Marty, are the proud parents of four Joe, one of ten children, born to John and Mary children and grandparents of 11 grandchildren. Bichelmeyer, also owns Bichelmeyer Land and Cattle

Leland Brown Associate Director Sales. Cattle Business Unit | Merck Animal Health After completing his education at Florida and later into a field sales management position where he State University, Leland Brown began his directed a team of sales representatives and managers. career in sales in Central Alabama. He started out in the Companion Animal For the last 14 years, Brown has been with Merck industry selling blood chemistry and Animal Health in or Food Animal Production division. He hematology equipment where he worked directs a team of sales representatives that call on ranches, with veterinary clinics and veterinary Feedlot operations, large animal veterinarians, nutritionists distributors. In this role sales calls were and distributors. In this capacity work with marketing and made to small animal clinics and field time with distribution business development focus the sales of our product to train them on how to use these types of equipment portfolio to help animal health areas ranging from antibiotic to help their clients and customers. These positions usage, vaccine protocols and growth technologies to transitioned within the same company to a field training role increase feed conversion and promote herd health. Careers in Animal Agriculture Animal Institute

Craig Huffhines Executive Vice President | American Hereford Association Craig holds degrees in Animal Science and the association’s seedstock suppliers and commercial bull Meat Science and has over 22 years of customers to a fully aligned branded beef program, Certified experience in Association management, Hereford Beef, that currently supplies premium beef to retail beef cattle research, marketing, and grocers and restaurateurs in 42 states and three countries. youth development. Since 1997, he has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Additionally, Craig has assembled a research team that has American Hereford Association, a national been instrumental in delivering genomic tools to Hereford organization of over 5,700 members. breeders to expedite the progress for economic improvement In Craig’s tenure at the helm of the AHA he has focused the for their breeding program. organization on the breeding and marketing of high quality, efficient genetics with a focus on meeting and exceeding the Craig has a passion for youth and youth development, and has expectations of beef consumers. helped to progress opportunities for scholarship and education for the National Junior Hereford Association that has grown to Under Craig’s leadership, the association broke into the over 2,500 members strong. He, and his wife, Mary Jon, live in food marketing sector in the mid 1990’s, directly linking Lawson, Mo., and are the parents of Seth, Cole and Miles.

Bryan Humphreys Director of Grassroots Operations | National Pork Producers Council Bryan Humphreys grew up on a crop and His main responsibility is the implementation of NPPC’s livestock operation in Southeast Iowa. After grassroots network, as well as the industry’s leadership attending Iowa State University, he worked development program - Pork Leadership Institute (PLI). He as a political operative for campaigns is also responsible for state legislative activities in the Upper across the country, focusing on grassroots Northeast. Bryan is based out of the national office in Des organizing. Since joining the National Pork Moines, Iowa, but travels across the country to train various Producers Council as Director of Grassroots groups on the importance of grassroots involvement. Operations, he has completed his master’s degree at George Washington University. Scott Fray DVM | Cooper County Animal Hospital Scott A. Fray, DVM, is a mixed animal He has been active in various activities in the local community veterinarian and the owner of Cooper and in organized veterinary medicine, including Rotary, Church, County Animal Hospital in Boonville, Mo. local Hospital board, YMCA, local cattlemens, 4-H, and FFA, He grew up in northeast Missouri, raising and Chamber of Commerce. He has also participated in the and showing purebred shorthorn breeding Missouri Veterinary Medical Association on various committees stock as a 4-H and FFA projects. He and boards, and has held several offices, including serving as received his B.S Animal Science from the the president in 2009. University of Missouri-Columbia in 1987, and his DVM, in 1991. After graduation, he practiced in a He currently lives on a small acreage outside of Boonville with large animal veterinary practice in southeast Nebraska before his wife Kelly. They have 2 children, both currently students at purchasing Cooper County Animal Hospital in 1994. Since the University of Missouri-Columbia. His other interests include then, he has served the animal owners of the Cooper County hunting and shooting sports, cross-country motorcycling, and area in a mixed practice, with emphasis on companion animal running/jogging. and beef cow-calf medicine. Careers in Animal Agriculture Animal Institute

David Katzer Vice President | Fleishman Hillard As a vice president in FleishmanHillard’s on the BASF Ultra Narrow Row Cotton campaign that earned a Kansas City office, David Katzer brings Silver Anvil award from the Public Relations Society of America more than 17 years of diverse experience and a National Agri-Marketing Association award. His work on in agriculture, foodservice and business- Bayer Animal Health’s companion and food animal brands and to-business marketing communications. Dow AgroSciences’ Omega-9 Oils has also been recognized by NAMA and PRSA. During his career at FleishmanHillard, Mr. Katzer has managed award-winning As a leader of the agribusiness practice in the Kansas City regional and national campaigns for clients office, Mr. Katzer has supported and counseled clients along and brands in the agriculture and business-to-business arenas, every link of the farm to fork food chain. including BASF Agricultural Products, Kansas Beef Council, American Quarter Horse Association, Dow AgroSciences and Mr. Katzer grew up on a diversified crop and livestock Bayer Animal Health. farm in Kansas and remains connected to agriculture and the rural lifestyle with his wife and two sons on their rural Mr. Katzer has enjoyed leadership roles on several teams and acreage. Mr. Katzer earned a Bachelor of Science degree campaigns that earned public relations industry awards for their in public relations with emphasis in agriculture economics outstanding results. In particular, he led the day-to-day activities from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.

Diane Loiselle Vice President, Safety, Regulation & Quality | Hill’s Pet Nutrition Diane Joan Loiselle is the Vice President, consistency. Her responsibilities include ensuring global Product Safety, Regulatory & Quality for compliance with regulations and statues concerning Hill’s Pet Nutrition. research and development, manufacturing, distribution, marketing and sales of all products. In this role she leads the quality and regulatory organizations for Hill’s Pet Prior to joining Hill’s Pet Nutrition, she served Abbott Nutrition. Additionally, she provides Nutrition in several roles focusing on quality assurance. executive leadership in the development Before that she worked for Bristol Myers Squibb with the and implementation of programs Mead Johnson Nutritional Group. resulting in continuous improvement in product and process design, purchasing, manufacturing, and supply chain. She Loiselle earned a bachelor of science in biochemistry at The also interfaces with government and industry leaders, Ohio State University and completed a master’s of business promoting Hill’s efforts for improving product quality and administration at the University of Evansville. Careers in Animal Agriculture Animal Institute

Susan Mackey Rancher | SMM Cattle Company LLC Susie has been involved in the registered Her passion for cattle began at a young age as she tagged cattle business for over 30 years and beside her dad and brothers watching and listening, picking spent her entire life in the Dairy Heifer Re- up selection and marketing skills. She was a 11 year 4-H placement business with her family. She member, where her intrigue with beef cattle began on day one. raises Registered Angus and Maine Anjou With hard work, education and dedication, raising champions cattle, as well as Dairy Replacement became her norm. Heifers. She specializes in raising quality seed-stock, show calves and Certified Susie is a graduate of Kansas State, with a degree in Animal Angus Beef, which is sold to her local and urban market. Her Science & Industry Communications Option. Her career after cattle can be found all across the United States and abroad. graduation began with American Royal Livestock Show, she then went on to work for the American Maine Anjou Associa- Susie also serves as consultant in cattle reproduction and tion, Swift and Henry Cattle Order Buying Company, The Drov- nutrition, where she is hands on with organizing breeding pro- ers Journal and EDJE Technologies. All along her employment grams and provides artificial insemination service and nutri- career she began building her herd of registered cattle, where tion advice to enhance success and goals for cattle breeders. today she is her own boss, earning her living in production, consulting and marketing of beef and dairy cattle worldwide.

Sarah Salmon Associate Director, Global Clinical Development | Zoetis Sarah has over 25 years experience After over 7 years in a diagnostic laboratory setting, Sarah in veterinary medicine research and joined the Antibacterial Discovery group of The Upjohn development working in areas of normal Company in 1992 and over the years in animal health bacterial flora of the equine reproductive research has been fortunate to work on many successful tract, bovine mastitis and respiratory products. Sarah has led a number of internal project teams disease, swine respiratory disease, and external research teams. Currently the Franchise Lead infections of poultry, antimicrobial for Dairy Cow Vaccine projects and is Global Project Team resistance, emerging diseases and Leader leading Zoetis VMRD global discovery research influenza vaccines. efforts in this area.

Kerby Weaver DVM | Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Dr. Weaver is from the Kansas City area Frees Equine Hospital. In 2013, he left practice and joined and graduated from the University of Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica. Dr. Weaver served as the Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine Official Equine Veterinarian for the American Royal, he currently in 2007. After an Equine Ambulatory is on the Educational Programs Committee for the American Internship, at Peterson & Smith Equine Association of Equine Practitioners, and the Equine Committee Hospital in Ocala, Florida, Dr. Weaver for the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association. returned to Kansas City to join Wilhite & Animal Institute Group 1 Tour Locations

OsbornBarr Kansas City, Mo. | www.osborn-barr.com Something powerful – life changing, in fact – happens when a group of people joins together in a shared vision. That’s the vision that built rural America – a place where families could start a new life, building on hopes and dreams as big as the horizon.

At Osborn Barr we share that vision. It’s what inspires us, drives us and fuels our determination to be agriculture and rural America’s greatest advocate. You’ll see it in everything we do. It’s in the way we live our lives and do our jobs. Agriculture is a vocation – a calling – and one we’re proud to call our own.

Osborn Barr was founded in 1988 with four employees and one client. Today, we’re one of the leading marketing and communications firms in North America, with 180 employees and two offices in St. Louis and Kansas City.

Elanco Animal Health Overland Park, Kan. | www.elanco.com Elanco Animal Health: Whether it pertains to a safe and sustainable food chain or the well-being of a family pet, animal health is a global issue requiring a global vision. In pursuit of that vision, Elanco has established a line of products, services and strategies designed to: improve animal disease management and production efficiency; help pets live longer, healthier, higher-quality lives; advance food safety. Elanco products target and treat some of the most harmful diseases in animal health, including ileitis in swine, coccidiosis in poultry and Bovine Respiratory Disease in cattle. Elanco strives to offer first-in-class and/ or best-in-class products for veterinarians and pet owners, providing products that target common and dangerous threats such as fleas and heartworm disease as well as growing medical conditions.

Ceva Lenexa, Kan. | www.ceva.us Ceva in Lenexa, KS is the North America Headquarters for Ceva Santé Animale located in Libourne, France. Ceva is one of the top three fastest growing animal health companies and is ranked as the ninth largest in the world. Ceva is entrepreneurial in spirit which contributes greatly to its rapid growth. Ceva’s philosophy is to anticipate change and adapt as quickly as possible. Ceva has a worldwide commitment to a one health approach - good animal health in turn protects human health. The values, the drive for innovation and continual strides for improved animal health are the essence of Ceva’s mission “Together, beyond animal health”. Ceva strives to improve the quality of life for pets. Ceva also aims to improve the health of food animals; our goals it to ensure safe food supplies to help feed the world, as well as the prevention of animal disease and its transfer to humans. Ceva is proud to give back to the animal health community by educating students about career opportunities in the industry and providing student scholarships and internships.

Microbial Surveillance Lab Olathe, Kan. | www.olathe.k-state.edu/centers-institutes/microbial-lab The Microbial Surveillance Lab is a collaborative partnership between the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (KSVDL) and Merck Animal Health. The Microbial Surveillance Lab provides outreach connectivity to the Animal Health Corridor, surrounding region and the nation. The primary missions of the Microbial Surveillance Lab are to provide diagnostic support services for our animal health industry partners and an environment of support for the teaching and research responsibilities to the College of Veterinary Medicine and Kansas State University. Animal Institute Group 2 Tour Locations

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica St. Joseph, Mo. | www.bi-vetmedica.com Over the past 25 years, BIVI has supported its growth through research and development of innovative products for the livestock, equine and companion animal markets. Innovation and research are the keys to BIVI success. Dedicated to improving the lives and well-being of animals, BIVI continues to seek ways to further research and development optimum solutions for the animal health industry. Based in St. Joseph, Mo. BIVI has additional sites in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Ames Iowa and Souix Center Iowa.

American Angus Association St. Joseph, Mo. | www.angus.org ANGUS MEANS BUSINESS. The American Angus Association is the nation’s largest beef breed organization, serving more than 25,000 members across the United States, Canada and several other countries. Founded in 1883, it’s home to an extensive breed registry that grows by nearly 300,000 animals each year. The Association also provides programs and services to farmers, ranchers and others who rely on Angus to produce quality genetics for the beef industry and quality beef for consumers.

AgriLabs St. Joseph, Mo. | www.agrilabs.com AgriLabs (www.agrilabs.com) is a leading animal health, sales and marketing organization with distribution throughout the United States. Through technology transfer and cooperative development agreements, AgriLabs has introduced state-of-the-art products for beef , dairy and companion animal industries. The wholly-owned ProLabs (www.prolabpets.com) division focuses on new product development of companion animal products into the over-the-counter channel. The VaxLiant™ (www.vaxliant.com) company is a joint venture with Benchmark Biolabs designed to modernize how vaccines deliver antigens to prevent disease with its ENABL™ and Biomize™ adjuvants.

Global Prairie Kansas City, Mo. | www.global-prairie.com Global Prairie is a digital marketing agency serving clients in the “quality of life” sectors, including food, ag and animal health. At our core, we help our clients craft and tell compelling brand stories. That’s what we do and we love doing it. But what really excites us is our desire to do well by our clients so we can do good in the world, so we give back 10% of annual profits back to our communities through our own foundation. We have nearly 100 team members across eight offices, including our newest office in Berlin. Our clients include Bayer, Simplot, Sherwin-Williams, Smucker’s and Google. Animal Institute Group 3 Tour Locations

Duff Dynamic Marketing/AgriThority LLC Kansas City, Mo. | www.duffdynamic.com, www.agrithority.com Duff Dynamic Marketing looks well beyond the traditional tools of marketing to uncover the true barriers standing between our clients and the results they want to achieve. We look at every aspect to see what’s holding back our client’s sales and profits. Then we create exciting ways to shatter those barriers.

We don’t just pull solutions off the shelf. We only make custom built solutions that are created after we thoroughly understand our client’s problems and industry. We can even team up with the technical and scientific expertise of sister company AgriThority® for scientific influencer development services.

United States Animal Health Association St. Joseph, Mo. | www.usaha.org The United States Animal Health Association (USAHA), the nation’s animal health forum for over a century, is a science-based, non-profit, voluntary organization. Its 1,100 members are state and federal animal health officials, national allied organizations, regional representatives, and individual 1897 members. USAHA works with state and federal governments, universities, veterinarians, livestock producers, national livestock and poultry organizations, research scientists, the extension service and several foreign countries to control livestock diseases in the United States. USAHA represents all 50 states, 4 foreign countries and 34 allied groups serving health, technical and consumer markets.

BioZyme St. Joseph, Mo. | www.biozymeinc.com BioZyme Incorporated is an innovative company in the agricultural fields of livestock nutrition and animal microbiology. Our commitment to these areas of expertise will result in the successful development, production, marketing and sales of the highest quality, proprietary products with the objective of producing greater profits for our customers.

In the business for more than 50 years, the company offers a complete line of high density, highly available vitamin, mineral, trace mineral and protein supplements for animals. With headquarters in St. Joseph, Mo., the company reaches a global market with customers throughout the U.S. and Canada, South America, Europe and the Middle East.

Triumph Foods St. Joseph, Mo. | www.triumphfoods.com Triumph Foods is a leading pork processing company with sales in excess of $1 billion per year. Organized in 2003 by a group of Midwestern hog producers, the company’s state-of-the-art facility located in St. Joseph, Missouri, processes 6 million hogs yearly and distributes premium pork products worldwide. Animal Institute Group 4 Tour Locations

Ad Farm Kansas City, Mo. | www.adfarmonline.com In an industry as turbulent as advertising and marketing communications, AdFarm takes great pride in celebrating our 29th year in business. The AdFarm of today is a merger of the Parker Group, founded in 1984 in Calgary, and Flint Communications, founded in 1946 in Fargo. All AdFarm partners are actively involved in the agency’s operations.

Our mission is to be a catalyst for the advancement of agriculture. We do this by bringing together various sectors of agriculture to encourage dialogue and collaboration, and by driving deeper into the market to help our clients effectively communicate their products and services.

Livestock Marketing Association Kansas City, Mo. | www.lmaweb.com Livestock auctions are a vital part of the livestock industry, serving producers and assuring a fair, competitive price through the auction method of selling. With over 800 members, Livestock Marketing Association is the largest trade association in America representing the best interest of local livestock auctions. LMA provides a number of services to help auctions and dealers deal with the legislative and business issues they face every day, as well as offering insurance for all aspects of their business operations. The association also presents the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, which celebrates its 50th anniversary later this year.

Dairy Farmers of America Kansas City, Mo. | www.dfamilk.com Dairy Farmers of America is a dairy marketing cooperative that serves and is owned by more than 13,000 members in 48 states. DFA is one of the country’s most diversified manufactures of dairy products, food components and ingredients, and is a leader in formulating and packaging shelf-stable dairy products. DFA has more than 5,000 employees and owns more than 33 plants throughout the country that manufacture cheese, butter and dairy ingredients. Through our investments in plants and brands we bring our members additional value.

Cargill Animal Nutrition Kansas City, Kan. | www.cargill.com/feed Cargill is a unique place to grow your career, your experience and your abilities. Every day, we grow our reputation as a leading international producer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. We take pride in our global reach, ability to contribute, and strong work ethics and values. Founded in 1865, Cargill is a privately held company and employs 142,000 people in 66 countries. Through innovation, creativity and teamwork, we are transforming entire markets and people’s lives worldwide, and we can have the same impact on your career. Animal Institute Group 5 Tour Locations

DeLaval Kansas City, Mo. | www.delaval.com DeLaval has more than 130 years of experience in the dairy business, supporting dairy farmers in managing their farms their way. Our Sustainable Dairy Farming initiative is contributing to the production of more quality food, for more people, with less impact on the environment. Our Smart Farming strategy aims at influencing and shaping the future of dairy farming today. The goal is to accelerate the transition from milking management to global farm profitability management by harnessing emerging decision tools, innovation, and automation technologies for better quality milk and profits.

U.S. Premium Beef Kansas City, Mo. | www.uspremiumbeef.com U.S. Premium Beef, Kansas City, Mo., is a producer-owned beef marketing company which has an ownership position in National Beef Packing Company, LLC, the nation’s fourth largest beef processor. USPB members supply high quality beef for National Beef’s various branded products.

USPB has producer ownership from every segment of the beef industry. Over 2,100 members in 37 states have been a part of USPB since operations started December 1997.

Seaboard Foods Shawnee Mission, Kan. | www.seaboardfoods.com Seaboard Foods, a division of Fortune 500 company Seaboard Corporation, has grown from a start-up operation in the early 1990s to become a leading global integrated food company.

To produce the highest quality meat products, Seaboard Foods controls every step of production on its farms and food plants from animal genetics, nutrition, research, food safety and pork processing Seaboard Foods is the 2nd largest pork producer and ranks in the top 5 largest pork processors in the United States.

Woodruff Sweitzer Kansas City, Mo. | www.woodruffsweitzer.com Woodruff Sweitzer is a next generation agency delivering unexpected ideas, nurtured in fresh air. Fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit, Woodruff Sweitzer is able to propel clients and brands further, faster. With offices in Kansas City, Missouri; Calgary, Alberta; and Columbia, Missouri, Woodruff Sweitzer has been the trusted partner of clients in the U.S. and Canada for more than 20 years. Animal Institute Group 6 Tour Locations

Merck DeSoto, Kan. | www.merck-animal-health-usa.com Merck Animal Health is a global leader in the research, development, manufacturing and sale of veterinary medicines. MAH offers veterinarians, producers, packers, pet owners and governments the widest range of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services. With $3.4 billion in sales in 2012, MAH is one of the fastest growing animal health divisions in the industry.

MAH has a robust R&D pipeline with projects in pharmaceuticals and vaccines. The current pipeline includes new molecular entities, which help ensure a continuous flow of new products to the market, as well as lifecycle management of products in the areas of parasiticides, anti-infectives, non-infectious diseases and vaccines.

Callahan Creek Lawrence, Kan. | www.callahancreek.com We’ve been working with specialty brands for 30 years, and we know they have unique challenges and opportunities. Their products and services are distinctive, often more expensive and sometimes just plain hard to find. We’ve researched the people drawn to these specialty brands and discovered what makes the expense, the time and the wait worth it.

They are category enthusiasts; those who are so passionate about a category that they know everything about it. They know the best brands within the category, they know what makes the brands best and they know where to buy them. We work to connect with the category enthusiast because we know they are the bellwether for others, the influencers who lead the way. What we learn from them informs everything we do both strategically and creatively.

Hill’s Pet Nutrition Topeka, Kan. | www.hillspet.com Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. manufactures Prescription Diet® brand therapeutic pet foods and Healthy Advantage® brand preventative wellness pet foods available only through veterinarians, and Hill’s® Science Diet® and Hill’s® Ideal Balance™ brand pet foods sold through veterinarians and finer pet specialty stores. Founded more than 70 years ago with a unique commitment to pet nutrition and well- being, Hill’s is committed to its mission to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. Hill’s produces high-quality, great-tasting pet foods owners can trust and give to their canine and feline companions as part of a veterinary health care team recommendation. This ultimately improves patient health and the health of the practice. For more information about Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. and Hill’s Evidence-Based Clinical Nutrition™ visit HillsVet.com, search for Hill’s Pet Nutrition on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at @HillsVet.

American Hereford Association Kansas City, Mo. | www.hereford.org The American Hereford Association is the 2nd largest beef registry in the U.S., registering over 65,000 cattle last year, with 3,400 active members and 2,300 junior members. The AHA mission is to provide the leadership to record, protect, promote and facilitate the production and consumption of Hereford beef. Animal Institute Participants

Name Unviersity Email Address Cell Phone Jake Baker Iowa State University [email protected] 507-995-8925 Rachel Bardot University of Missouri [email protected] 636-358-9302 Haley Bledsoe University of Nebraska - Lincoln [email protected] 402-426-2295 Emily Brookshire University of Missouri [email protected] 573-230-2276 Kara Bullock University of Central Missouri [email protected] 660-351-4603 Lisa Burianek Permooser University of Georgia [email protected] Casey Campbell University of Nebraska - Lincoln [email protected] 203-644-7850 Laura Child University of Illinois [email protected] 815-994-1954 Emma Christensen South Dakota State University [email protected] 320-305-1164 Naomi Cooper University of Illinois [email protected] 815-419-7996 Madalyn Cowser University of Illinois [email protected] 309-645-3602 Jaclyn Cubillas University of California - Davis [email protected] 323-363-9522 Drew Dietz Iowa State University [email protected] 641-220-6434 Rebecca Dow Michigan State University [email protected] 248-310-9615 Shelby Englert Purdue University [email protected] 574-732-4487 Jacqueline Ervin Oklahoma State University [email protected] 248-535-8114 Jordan Flewellyn University of Illinois [email protected] Morgan Forsee University of Kentucky [email protected] Viviana Garza Texas A&M University - Kingsville [email protected] 361-207-3996 Laura Gorecki University of Nebraska - Lincoln [email protected] 308-571-0206 Jenica Hagler Washington State University [email protected] 208-961-0172 Susan Hawkins Pennsylvania State University [email protected] 717-222-9622 Hannah Horak Northwest Missouri State University [email protected] 402-433-5115 Shelby Huber University of Missouri [email protected] Melissa Jagodzinski Illinois State University [email protected] 217-341-4225 Sierra Kaufman Iowa State University [email protected] 641-481-3206 Olivia Kendall South Dakota State University [email protected] 952-994-2649 Quinn Kolar Cornell University [email protected] Courtney Lemons West Virginia University [email protected] 304-703-6827 Marissa Lorenz Purdue University [email protected] 574-238-2637 Ashley Love University of Missouri [email protected] Sarah Marketon University of Minnesota - St. Paul [email protected] 612-388-7717 Dana McCurdy Washington State University [email protected] Carmen Metzger Michigan State University [email protected] 260-609-1296 Jaime Mowry Cornell University [email protected] 585-813-9897 Makala Muller University of Nebraska - Lincoln [email protected] 402-380-5356 Katy Murfield The Ohio State University [email protected] 260-633-0924 Animal Institute Participants

Name Unviersity Email Address Cell Phone Jessica Neal Oklahoma State University [email protected] 580-467-3515 Katie O'Brien Michigan State University [email protected] 269-930-0924 Haley Olsen North Carolina State University [email protected] 828-244-4778 Kaitlyn Patterson University of Arizona [email protected] Anna Leigh Peek Auburn University [email protected] 256-206-0748 Anna Phillips University of Illinois [email protected] 217-649-2234 Alicia Pownall West Virginia University [email protected] 304-702-2922 Karli Robinson University of Illinois [email protected] 217-690-2229 Brieanna Rohe University of Missouri [email protected] Stephanie Rosen University of Idaho [email protected] 208-315-3521 Jean Rosenau North Dakota State University [email protected] 320-226-7500 Leigh Ruckman University of Missouri [email protected] Leandro Sastre Texas A&M University - Kingsville [email protected] 956-351-9071 Amanda Sautner North Carolina State University [email protected] Ben Saylor University of Arizona [email protected] 480-686-4171 Morgan Schaeperkoetter Northwest Missouri State University [email protected] 660-641-0646 Olivia Schmidt University of Minnesota - St. Paul [email protected] 507-621-1228 Kathy Scienski University of Missouri [email protected] Jessica Sears Washington State University [email protected] 360-561-1962 Hannah Simmons Clemson University [email protected] Benjamin Sims College of the Ozarks [email protected] 660-553-1697 Shotika Smith Colorado State University [email protected] 720-320-4455 Hillary Snyder Northwest Missouri State University [email protected] 573-999-5359 Jacob Sorensen South Dakota State University [email protected] 507-383-7703 Kelsey Spaulding University of Idaho [email protected] 209-535-1477 Melanie Spedale Auburn University [email protected] Connor Stein Iowa State University [email protected] 630-220-2440 Nathan Stinson Kansas State University [email protected] 785-806-8339 Whitney Thomson Kirkwood Community College [email protected] 600-216-4096 Gerardo Vela Texas A&M University - Kingsville [email protected] 956-286-7339 Katelyn Warin Iowa State University [email protected] 641-340-0350 Michael Welch Kansas State University [email protected] 785-541-1031 Jared Wellik Iowa State University [email protected] Sabrina Wilber Oklahoma State University [email protected] 580-747-9700 Alexandra Zechiel Purdue University [email protected] Katelynn Zechiel Purdue University [email protected] 574-933-2090 Animal Institute AFA Staff

Russ Weathers | President & CEO cell: 816-509-8238 [email protected]

Mark Stewart | Vice President of Development and Communications cell: 660-853-9582 [email protected]

Nancy Barcus | Vice President of Leader and Organization Services cell: 816-547-6875 [email protected]

Emily Page | Program Manager cell: 785-819-1439 [email protected]

Derek Mulhern | Program Coordinator cell: 507-421-3838 [email protected]

Megan Karlin | Marketing & Development Coordinator cell: 785-410-7155 [email protected]

Kaleigh Summers | Program Intern cell: 660-631-2701 [email protected]

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Name Title/Organization Address Scott Bormann Vice President U.S. Commercial Operations 35500 W. 91st Street Merck Animal Health De Soto, KS 66018 Daryl Pint CEO, Ceva Biomune 8901 Rosehill Road Lenexa, KS 66215 Craig Wallace CEO, Ceva Animal Health, LLC 8735 Rosehill Road, Suite 300 Lenexa, KS 66215 Rene Ward Associate Director, PR & Internal Communications 3902 Gene Field Road Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. St. Joseph, MO 64506 Albrecht Kissel President and CEO 3902 Gene Field Road Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. St. Joseph, MO 64506 Tolá Oyewole Director, Cargill Foundation and Corporate Giving 15407 McGinty Rd West, MS 50 Wayzata, MN 55391 Dan Dye President, Horizon Milling, Cargill P.O. Box 9300, MS 20 Minneapolis, MN 55440

Please take a few moments to write a thank you note to the people listed above who have been instrumental in the AFA financial partnerships that have made this institute possible. Animal Institute Thank Our Speakers

Name Organization Address Email Tim Bettington Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica 2622 N Belt Hwy St. Joseph, MO 64506-2002 Joe Bichelmeyer Bichelmeyer Meat Company 704 Cheyenne Ave Kansas City, KS 66105-2010 Scott Bormann Merck Animal Health 35500 W. 91st Street De Soto, KS 66018 Leland Brown Merck Animal Health 35500 W. 91st Street [email protected] De Soto, KS 66018 Robert Casillas MRIGlobal 425 Volker Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64110-2241 Scott Fray Cooper County Animal Hospital, P.C. 16769 B Hwy [email protected] Boonville, MO 65233-3438 Craig Huffhines American Hereford Association 1501 Wyandotte St [email protected] Kansas City, MO 64108-1222 Bryan Humphreys National Pork Producers Council 10676 Justin Dr. [email protected] Urbandale, IA 50322 David Katzer Fleishman Hillard 2405 Grand Blvd, Ste 700 [email protected] Kansas City, MO 64108-2519 Kostas Kontopanos Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. 400 SW 8th Ave Topeka, KS 66603 Kristie Larson American Royal Association 1701 American Royal Ct [email protected] Kansas City, MO 64102-1024 Diane Loiselle Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. 400 SW 8th Ave [email protected] Topeka, KS 66603 Susan Mackey SMM Cattle Company, LLC Spring Hill, KS [email protected] www.smmcattle.com Bob Petersen American Royal Association 1701 American Royal Ct, [email protected] Kansas City, MO 64102-1024 Daryl Pint Ceva Animal Health, LLC 8901 Rosehill Road Lenexa, KS 66215 Ralph Richardson Kansas State University, College of 101 Trotter Hall, Veterinary Medicine Manhattan, KS 66506-5601 Sarah Salmon Zoetis 333 Portage St. [email protected] Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Nevil Speer Western Kentucky University 1906 College Heights Blvd., #41066 [email protected] Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066 Ian Spinks Bayer HealthCare, Animal Health 12707 Shawnee Mission Pkwy Shawnee Mission, KS 66216-1846 Kerby Weaver Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica 2621 N Belt Hwy [email protected] St. Joseph, MO 64506-2002 Kim Young Kansas City Area Development Council 30 W Pershing Rd Ste 200. [email protected] Kansas City, MO 64108-2457