Committees & Working Groups

Awards Committee (2023)
                     Chair:  Mike Perrine, MP Ag Radio, Troy, Illinois
                     Steve Bridge, WFMB Radio, Springfield, Illinois
                     Cindy Cunningham, Woodruff, West Des Moines, Iowa

                     Rusty Halvorson, KFGO Radio, Fargo, North Dakota
                     Tyne Morgan, Farm Journal, Lenexa, Kansas
                     Kelly Schwalbe, Honorary Member, Kansas City, Missouri
                     Alan Watts, WKDZ/WHVO, Cadiz, Kentucky
                     Gary Wright, Honoary Member, St. Anne, Illinois

Bylaws Review (2023)
                     Tom Steever, Emeritus Member, Jefferson City, Missouri
                     DeLoss Jahnke, RFD Radio Network®/WMBD Radio, Bloomington, Illinois
                     Shannon Yokley Reenan, Incarnate Consulting, Jefferson City, Missouri

Convention Working Group (2023)
                     Chair:  Carah Hart, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri
                     Rhiannon Branch, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri
         
            Meghan Grebner, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri
         
            Lori Hallowell, Bader Rutter, Lincoln, Nebraska
                     Jesse Harding Campbell, Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc., Grand Island, Nebraska
                     Gardner H
atch, Woodruff, Cottage Grove, Minnesota
                     Macey Hurst, Modern Litho, Ashland, Missouri

                     Von Ketelsen, KCIM-KKRL-KIKC Radio, Carroll, Iowa
                     Tim Marshall, KRVN Rural Radio Network, Lexington, Nebraska
                     Michelle Pazar, RFD Radio Network®, Bloomington, Illinois
       
              Brian Torrey, John Deere, Olathe, Kansas
                     Don Wick, Red River Farm Ne
twork, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Finance Committee (2023)
                     Augie Aga, Northern Ag Network, Billings, Montana
                     Carah Hart, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri
                     Gardner Hatch, Woodruff, Cottage Grove, Minnesota

Hall of Fame (2023)
                     Chair:  Spencer Chase, Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc., Washington, D.C. (Immediate Past President)
                     Mike Adams, Jacksonville, Illinois (Historian)

                     Max Armstrong, Farm Progress, Batavia, Illinois
                     Don Wick, Red River Farm Network, Grand Forks, North Dakota
                     Cyndi Young-Puyear, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri

Marketing & Promotion Advisory Board (2023)
                     Chair: Anita Vanderwert, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri
                     Janet Adkison, Missouri Farm Bureau, Jefferson City, Missouri
                     Kyle Bauer, KFRM Radio, Clay Center, Kansas
                     Mike Hurt, Rhea + Kaiser, Naperville, Illinois
                     Robin Loftin, Southeast AgNet/AgNet West Radio Network, Newberry, Florida
                     Brian Torrey, John Deere, Olathe, Kansas

                     Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc., Camdenton, Missouri

​​Mentor Program (2023)
                     DeLoss Jahnke, RFD Radio Network, Bloomington, Illinois
                     Delaney Howell, Agricultural News Daily, Rhodes, Iowa
                     Sabrina Halvorson, AgNet West Radio Network, Newberry, Florida

Nominating Committee (2023)
                     Brent Adams, Rural Strong Media, Charlestown, Indiana
                     Delaney Howell, Agricultural News Daily, Rhodes, Iowa
                     KC Sheperd, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Washington Watch Planning Group (2023)
                     Spencer Chase, Agri-Pulse Communications Inc., Washington, D.C.
                     Stephanie Hoff, Mid-West Farm Report Radio Network, Madison, Wisconsin
                     Dustin Hoffmann, Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network, Des Moines, Iowa

                     Susan Littlefield, KRVN Rural Radio Network, Surprise, Nebraska
                     Michelle Stangler, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Watertown, Wisconsin
                     Mary Kay Thatcher, Syngenta, Washington, D.C.

                     Brian Winnekins, WRDN Radio, Durand, Wisconsin
                     National Vice President:  Jeff Nalley, Cromwell Ag Network, Owensboro, Kentucky