Another staunch advocate of TALL is Jimmy Powell, a rancher at Fort McKavett and vice chair of the TALL Foundation Board. It is necessary that young business people in agriculture understand the need for becoming active and vitally interested in the ancillary industries that support agriculture as well as the political entities that support and regulate the industry. I commend these young people who have the energy and interest to undertake this vital leadership program. Brian Gilbert of Houston is a graduate of TALL and is president of the 103-member TALL Alumni Association. He also is executive vice president of the Houston Milk Producers Federal Credit Union.
TALL is the epitome of leadership programs in agriculture.
Because of TALL, we should be blessed with great agricultural leadership for the future of this state and nation. Another TALL graduate is Brenda Kellermeier of San Angelo where she is vice president at Boatmen's Bank. It is an excellent network of educated agricultural leaders who will be responsible for carrying agriculture into the next century. A new TALL class has just been named after an extensive statewide application and interview process. The 30 members of this class will begin their TALL experience on July 16.