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| Names in the News - Dec. 2, 2009 |
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NCGA CEO elected to Waterways Council board
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — National Corn Growers Assoc. (NCGA) CEO Rick Tolman was elected to the board of directors of the Waterways Council, the national public policy organization that advocates for a properly funded and well-maintained system of inland waterways and ports.
NCGA leadership has expressed a strong interest in increasing the organization’s focus on transportation, and helped spearhead the passage of 2007’s Water Resources Development Act to authorize much-needed repairs on an aging lock-and-dam system on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers. The group seeks to gain appropriations for the project.
The Council educates decision-makers in state and federal governments, the news media and the general public about the critical importance of our nation’s inland waterways and the need to sustain and increase their reliability now and for our future. For more information, visit www.waterwayscouncil.org
Wright Receives ISU’s Henry A. Wallace Award
ANKENY, Iowa — Dr. David Wright, director of contract research and strategic initiatives for the Iowa Soybean Assoc. (ISA), was presented with the Henry A. Wallace award.
The award is presented by the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences annually to honor an Iowa State University alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to national or international agriculture. Selection is made by the dean of the College.
Wright joined the ISA in July 2001. His responsibilities include providing strategic direction to the ISA and providing oversight for soybean research conducted at land grant universities, including Iowa State. He also provides strategic direction to, and manages research investments of, the North Central Soybean Research Program, a collaboration of 12 state checkoff boards.
He was raised on a farm in central Iowa. He holds a doctorate in agronomy from Kansas State University and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Iowa State.
Choat joins National Swine Registry staff
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The National Swine Registry (NSR) is pleased to welcome Tamara Choat as director of Marketing and Communications. In this position, she will manage the communications division of the NSR, including production of Seedstock EDGE, “The Pinnacle” and “For the Record.”
Additionally, she will handle media and public relations and pursue marketing opportunities for the NSR through social media and interactive technology.
A native of Miles City, Mont., Choat grew up on a fourth-generation cow-calf ranch. She holds a master’s degree in international agriculture trade and development and a bachelor’s in animal science and agricultural communications, both from Oklahoma State University.
Her past experience includes roles in marketing, communications and public relations. She will work out of the NSR office in West Lafayette, Ind., starting Dec. 1.
Rosenberg named Friend of the Equine Initiative
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Dan Rosenberg was named 2009 Friend of the Equine Initiative Nov. 3. He was recognized for his involvement at the strategic level of the Equine Initiative and for applying his creativity, experience and success in public relations in advising administrative leaders since the Initiative’s creation in 2005.
Rosenberg is the owner of Rosenberg Thoroughbred Consulting in Midway. He was named Farm Manager of the Year in 1992 and an Ambassador for Racing in 1994 by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club. He also serves as a Gluck Equine Research Foundation board member.
The Initiative was created to recognize a member of the public who has provided advocacy, funding or other extraordinary support for the UK College of Agriculture’s Equine Initiative, or a college or university employee who has generated an exceptional relationship with stakeholders that has been manifested in a new program, new advocacy success or new resources for the initiative. For more information about the Equine Initiative, visit www.ca.uky.edu/equine
Forbes named head of Purdue Ag Communication
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Beth Forbes, a 21-year communications and public relations specialist at Purdue University, has been named the head of the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Communication.
Agricultural Communication develops publications, websites, news releases, multimedia resources and interactive exhibits. It also operates Purdue extension’s The Education Store, which sells and distributes educational materials, and facilitates the toll-free 888-EXT-INFO (398-4636) phone line for information access.
Forbes leads a staff of 40. She has served as the department’s interim head since March 2009.
Prior to her interim position she was the coordinator of the department’s news and public affairs unit.
A native of Bourbon, Ind., Forbes earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Anderson University and a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Purdue. Before coming to Purdue in 1988, Forbes was a radio news reporter and news director in South Bend, Ind.
Hoosier named director of communications for ASTA
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Seed Trade Assoc. (ASTA) recently named Julie Douglas of Lafayette, Ind., as the director of communications.
Douglas will be responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing ASTA’s communications strategies to promote the policies and activities of the seed industry.
She will assume full responsibilities Jan. 4.
A native of Flat Rock, Ind., she was raised on a progressive family farm where she worked many long hours in the fields and barns. Currently, Douglas works in the Department of Agricultural Communications at Purdue University as the editor and writer for “Ag Answers.” She is a Purdue graduate with a B.S. degree with emphasis on agricultural communications and animal science.
USDA announces National Pork Board appointments
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced five appointments to the 15-member National Pork Board (Board). The five were chosen from among eight pork producers nominated by the National Pork Producers Delegate Body during its meeting in Dallas, Texas, in March.
The newly appointed board members are Bradley S. Greenway of Mitchell, S.D., Dale N. Norton of Bronson, Mich., and Lisa D. Colby of Newbury, Mass. The reappointed board members are Eugene C. Nemechek of Springdale, Ark., and W. Randall Brown of Nevada, Ohio. |
| 12/2/2009 |
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