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BOARD MEMBERS & COMMITTEES

The Dairy Foundation is steered by a board of directors that covers a 17-county region of northeast Iowa and beyond. These individuals are unpaid volunteers.

Executive Board
President Jed Becker
Dairy Farmer
Vice President Christine Hagedorn
Dairy Farmer
Secretary Dan Burkhart

Treasurer Ron Lenth
Bremer County Extension Coordinator
Advisor to Treasurer Dick Horne

Representatives Phil Hemesath

Paul Bodensteiner
Dairy Farmer

Scott Melcher
Dairy Farmer

Ex-Officio Members
Northeast Iowa Community College Penny Wills
President
Northeast Iowa Area Extension Education Mary Schrandt-Proudy
Director
Farm Operations Committee Chair Dave Lawstuen
NICC Dairy Instructor
Program Committee Chair Ted Kohler


Board of Directors

  • Rob Hahn
  • Christine Hagedorn
  • Jed Becker
  • Phil Hemesath
  • Dennis Mashek
  • Scott Melcher
  • Justin Helgerson
  • Paul Bodensteiner
  • Ron Lenth
  • Larry Shover
  • Matt Stewart
  • Roger Lenius
  • Dave Goedken
  • Ted Kohler
  • Tom Simon
  • Todd Hendrickson
  • Ron Orth
  • Tobin Britt
  • Dan Burkhart

Operations Committee

  • Dave Lawstuen, Chair, NICC
  • Dale Thoreson, Vice Chair, ISU Extension
  • Marvin Kuhn, Dairy Producer
  • Todd Bushman, Dairy Producer
  • Gary Kregel, Dairy Producer
  • Scott Wedemeier, Dairy Producer
  • Todd Hendrickson, Dairy Producer
  • Mark Bischoff, Dairy Producer
  • Dale Hackman, Dairy Producer
  • Lynn Hageman, Dairy Farm Manager
  • Tad Mueller, Ag Instructor
  • Larry Tranel, ISU Extension

Program Committee

  • Ted Kohler co-chair
  • Larry Shover, co-chair
  • Tom Simon
  • Dave Goedken
  • Dorothea Brazina
  • Ex-officio members- Mary Steen, Kelli Boylen.