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2023 UNITED SOYEAN BOARD

Steve Reinhard – Chair

Bucyrus, Ohio 

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 

Edward Lammers – Vice Chair 

Hartington, Nebraska 

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 

Philip Good – Secretary 

Macon, Mississippi

3rd Term – 2017 to 2026 

Brent Gatton – Treasurer 

Bremen, Kentucky 

1st Term – 2018 to 2024 

Alabama Member 

Sam Butler

New Hope, Alabama

2nd Term – 2020 to 2026 

Arkansas Members

Robert Petter

De Valls Bluff, Arkansas

1st Term – 2021 to 2024 

Dustin C. Henson 

Paragould, Arkansas 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

AJ Hood 

Star City, Arkansas 

2nd Term – 2020 to 2026 

Delaware Member

Corey Atkins 

Seaford, Delaware

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 

Georgia Member

Jesse Patrick

Madison City, Georgia 

1st Term – 2021 to 2024 
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Illinois Members

Gary Berg

Saint Elmo, Illinois

2nd Full Term – 2015 to 2026 

Lynn Rohrscheib 

Fairmount, Illinois

3rd Term – 2015 to 2024 

David R. Wessel

Chandlerville, Illinois

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Dwayne R. Anderson 

Lynn Center, Illinois 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Indiana Members

Jim Douglas 

Flat Rock, Indiana

1st Term – 2021 to 2024 

Matthew R. Chapman

Springport, Indiana 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Thomas Glen Griffiths

Kendallville, Indiana

3rd Term – 2017 to 2026 

Donald Andrew Wyss II

Fort Wayne, Indiana

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Iowa Members

Timothy Bardole 

Rippey, Iowa 

2nd Term – 2020 to 2026 

April Hemmes

Hampton, Iowa

3rd Term – 2015 to 2024 

Robb Ewoldt 

Davenport, Iowa

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 
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Brent T. Renner 

Klemme, Iowa

1st Full Term – 2022 to 2026 

Kansas Members

Lance D. Rezac

Onaga, Kansas

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 

Kurt W. Maurath

Oakley, Kansas

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Charles W. Atkinson 

Great Bend, Kansas

1st Term – 2023 to 2026 

Kentucky Member

Ryan Dale Bivens 

Hodgenville, Kentucky 

2nd Term – 2020 to 2026 

Barry Lee Alexander

Cadiz, Kentucky 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Louisiana Members

Garrett Marsh

Tallulah, Louisiana 

2nd Term – 2018 to 2024 

Joseph Boudreaux 

Port Barre, Louisiana 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Maryland Members

Mary Archer Stewart

Pylesville, Maryland 

1st Term – 2023 to 2026 

R. Travis Hutchison 

Cordova, Maryland 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 
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Michigan Members

Dennis J. Gardner 

Croswell, Michigan 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Laurie J. Isley

Palmyra, Michigan 

2nd Term – 2020 to 2026 

Carla S. Schultz

Mayville, Michigan 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Minnesota Members

Patrick O’Leary

Benson, Minnesota 

1st Term – 2021 to 2024 

Thomas F. Frisch 

Dumont, Minnesota 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Lawrence E. Sukalski 

Fairmont, Minnesota 

3rd Term – 2017 to 2026 

Gene A. Stoel

Lake Wilson, Minnesota 

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 

Mississippi Members

Matthew N. Guedon 

Natchez, Mississippi

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Jerry B. Slocum 

Coldwater, Mississippi

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Missouri Members

Robert Alpers 

Prairie Home, Missouri 

1st Term – 2021 to 2024 
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Neal W. Bredehoeft 

Alma, Missouri 

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 

Meagan Kaiser – Past Chair

Bowling Green, Missouri 

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 

Kyle Durham 

Norborne, Missouri 

1st Term – 2023 to 2026 

Nebraska Members

Tony Johanson 

Oakland, Nebraska

2nd Term – 2018 to 2024 

Victor L. Bohuslavsky 

Seward, Nebraska

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Greg Greving 

Chapman, Nebraska 

2nd Term – 2020 to 2026 

New Jersey Member

Patrick Giberson

Pemberton, New Jersey

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

New York Member

Jason E. Swede 

Piffard, New York

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

North Carolina Members

Benjamin “Derek” Potter

Grantsboro, North Carolina 

Partial Term and 2nd Full Term – 2016 to 2024 

Reginald H. Strickland 

Mount Olive, North Carolina 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 
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North Dakota Members

Cindy Pulskamp 

Hillsboro, North Dakota 

1st Term – 2021 to 2024 

Matthew D. Gast

Valley City, North Dakota 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Darren Kadlec

Pisek, North Dakota 

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 

Ryan C. Richard

Horace, North Dakota 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Ohio Members

Jeff Magyar

Orwell, Ohio 

2nd Term – 2018 to 2024 

Dave Dotterer

Rittman, Ohio 

3rd Term – 2017 to 2026 

Charles W. Bayliss

West Manchester, Ohio 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Oklahoma Member

Brent A. Rendel 

Miami, Oklahoma 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Pennsylvania Members

Andrew (Andy) J. Fabin

Homer, Pennsylvania 

3rd Term – 2015 to 2024 

John W. Harrell III

Lebanon, Pennsylvania 

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 
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South Carolina Member

Fitzhugh L. Bethea III

Dillon, South Carolina 

2nd Term – 2020 to 2026 

South Dakota Members

Michael McCranie

Claremont, South Dakota 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Dawn Scheier

Salem, South Dakota 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Todd J. Hanten 

Goodwin, South Dakota 

2nd Full Term – 2019 to 2026 

Tim Ostrem

Centerville, South Dakota 

1st Term – 2021 to 2024 

Tennessee Members

Eric Maupin

Newbern, Tennessee

1st Term – 2023 to 2026 

Don Willis

Hillsboro, Tennessee 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Steve May

Hurricane Mills, Tennessee

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Texas Member

Andrew W. Scott, Jr. 

Weslaco, Texas

3rd Term – 2017 to 2026 

Virginia Members

Shannon Tignor Ellis 

Champlain, Virginia 

1st Term – 2021 to 2024 
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Susan A. Watkins 

Sutherland, Virginia 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Wisconsin Members

Nancy Kavazanjian

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 

Partial and 1st Full Term – 2022 to 2025 

Tony Mellenthin 

Eau Galle, Wisconsin 

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Sara R. Stelter

Wautoma, Wisconsin 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Eastern Region Member

J. Nicholas Kercheval

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Western Region Member

Rod Hahn 

Yuma, Colorado 

1st Term – 2022 to 2025 

Alternate Members

David Wilson 

Lincoln, Alabama 

1st Term – 2023 to 2026 

Robert L. Emerson III (Delaware)

Middletown, Delaware

2nd Term – 2019 to 2025 

Mark Ariail (Georgia)

Carnesville, Georgia 

1st Full Term – 2019 to 2024 

Murn Myers (New Jersey)

Delanco, New Jersey

Partial Term – 2023 to 2025 
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Seth T. Pritchard (New York)

Canandaigua, New York

1st Term – 2022 to 2025

Robert Greenlee (Oklahoma)

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Continued Term – 2019 to 2026

Charlie Whiten (South Carolina)

Westminster, South Carolina

1st Full Term – 2022 to 2026

Sam Sparks III (Texas)

Harlingen, Texas

1st Term – 2023 to 2026

Mark H. Kable (Eastern Region)

Charles Town, West Virginia

Partial and 1st Full Term – 2022 to 2025

Ross Waterman (Western Region)

Vona, Colorado

3rd Term – 2016 to 2025 As of 12/21/2023