NAFB 2024 Committees
Awards Committee
Chair: Rusty Halvorson, KFGO, Fargo, North Dakota
Brent Adams, Rural Strong Media, Charlestown, Indiana
Shannon Yokely-Reenan, Incarnate Consulting, Jefferson City, Missouri
Jared White, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri
Alan Watts, WKDZ/WHVO, Cadiz, Kentucky
Cindy Cunningham, Woodruff, Des Moines, Iowa
Kelly Schwalbe, Honorary, Kansas City, MO
Lorrie Boyer, KSIR, Fort Morgan, Colorado
Convention Working Group
Chair: Jeff Nalley, Cromwell Ag Network, Owensboro, Kentucky
Meghan Grebner, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri
Susan Littlefield, KRVN Rural Radio Network, Lexington, Nebraska
Lori Hallowell, Bader Rutter, Lincoln, Nebraska
Jesse Harding Campbell, Marsh Wren Creative, Grand Island, Nebraska
Macey Hurst, Modern Litho, Ashland, Missouri
Michelle Pazar, RFD Radio Network®, Bloomington, Illinois
Brian Torrey, John Deere, Olathe, Kansas
Finance Committee
Chair: Jeff Nalley, Cromwell Ag Network, Owensboro, Kentucky
Shannon Yokely-Reenan, Incarnate Consulting, Jefferson City, Missouri
Amy Biehl-Owens, KRVN, Lexington, Nebraska
Hall of Fame
Chair: Joe Gill, KASM Radio, Albany, Minnesota
Historian: Don Wick, Red River Farm Network, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Rich Hull, Emeritus, Goshen, Indiana
Mike Perrine, MP Ag Radio, Troy Illinois
Pam Jahnke, Midwest Farm Report Radio Network, Madison, Wisconsin
Marketing and Promotion Advisory Board
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
Membership Committee
Chair: DeLoss Jahnke, RFD Radio Network, Bloomington, Illinois
Brent Adams, Rural Strong Media, Charlestown, Indiana
Stephanie Hoff, Midwest Farm Report Radio Network, Madison, Wisconsin
KC Sheperd, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mentor Program
Co-Chair: Delaney Howell, Agricultural News Daily, Rhodes, Iowa
Co-Chair: KC Sheperd, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
NAFB Properties LLC
Chair: Colleen Callahan, Interim Executive Director/Colleen Callahan Consultancy, Kickapoo, Illinois
Taylor Brown, Northern Ag Network, Billings, Montana
Anita Vanderwert, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, Missouri
Gene Millard, Emeritus, St. Joseph, Missouri
Nominating Committee
Brent Adams, Rural Strong Media, Charlestown, Indiana
Stephanie Hoff, Midwest Farm Report Radio Network, Madison, Wisconsin
KC Sheperd, Radio Oklahoma Ag Network, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Washington Watch Committee
Chair: Spencer Chase, Agri-Pulse Communications, Washington D.C.
Board Liaison: DeLoss Jahnke, RFD Radio Network, Bloomington, Illinois
Stephanie Hoff, Midwest Farm Report Radio Network, Madison, Wisconsin
Sabrina Halvorson, AgNet West Radio Network, Florida
Jessica Domel, Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network, Waco, Texas
Jesse Campbell Harding, Marsh Wren Creative, Grand Island, Nebraska
Mary Kay Thatcher, Syngenta, Washington D.C.
