National Chicken Council Chairman of the Board Bill Lovette has announced the chairs who will head up NCC’s eight standing committees in 2013.
Those individuals are as follows:
- Communications Committee: Joe Forsthoffer, Corporate Communications Manager, Perdue Farms
- Environmental Committee: Joe Miller, General Counsel, Rose Acre Farms. [Miller was named by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) last year for a two-year term as this committee operates jointly with the environmental committees of USPOULTRY and the National Turkey Federation (NTF)]
- Growout Committee: Jim Shepard, Senior Director, Live Operations, Wayne Farms
- Human Resource Committee: Peggy Brown, Director of Human Resources, GNP Company (This committee is part of the Joint Poultry Industry Human Resource Council, along with the human resource committees of USPOULTRY and NTF)
- Marketing Committee: Hilary Burroughs, Manager of Marketing, Sanderson Farms
- Poultry Health Committee: Don Ritter, Director of Health Services, Mountaire Corporation will serve through August 2013. Deirdre Johnson, Veterinarian, GNP Company will take over the chair position after Don Ritter’s departure.
- Safety & Health Committee: Mike Klun, Environmental, Health and Safety Manager, Cargill (Klun was named by NTF last year for a two-year term as this committee and the safety and health committees of the USPOULTRY and NTF are part of the Joint Poultry Industry Safety and Health Council)
- Technical & Regulatory Committee, Kendra Waldbusser, Senior Vice President of Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Pilgrim’s
NCC Chairman Lovette also announced the names of those industry representatives who will serve on NCC’s 2013 Communications and Marketing Committees. Members of NCC’s remaining standing committees will be announced in upcoming issues of the Washington Report.
Communications Committee
Joe Forsthoffer, Perdue Farms (Chairman); Chuck Bloch, O. K. Foods; Ira Brill, Foster Farms; Cameron Bruett, JBS USA; Brian Coan, Chick-fil-A; Mike Cockrell, Sanderson Farms; Steve Conley, Peco Foods; Brian Covington, Keystone Foods; Dale Faunce, Fieldale Farms; Stephen Gilbert, Rabobank International; Dennis Jameson, Trinity Valley Foods; Tim Lease, WL Port-Land Systems; Roger Marino, Mountaire Farms; Rick Maynard, KFC; Gary Mickelson, Tyson Foods; Terri Middlebrooks, Mar-Jac Poultry; Lexann Reischl, GNP Company; Alan Schuler, CoBank; Alan Sterling, Wayne Farms; Fred West, Amick Processing; and Amy Witte, DuPont.
Marketing Committee
Hilary Burroughs, Sanderson Farms (Chairman); Keith Arnold, Pilgrim’s; Gus Arrendale, Fieldale Farms; Julie Berling, GNP Company; Carl Blackham, BMO Harris Bank; Lewis Brooks, The Interflex Group; April Bryan, International Paper; Eric Buckman, U.S. Bank Food Industries; Kris Carroll, Marel Stork Poultry Processing; Scott Chapman, Lineage Logistics; Steve Clever, Wayne Farms; Chris Coleman, Safe Foods; Michalene Donegan, Rabobank International; Jerry Dyer, Automation Planners; Todd Fretheim, O. K. Foods; Mikell Fries, Claxton Poultry; Michael Gasbarro, Prime Equipment Group; Jim Gerardot, Novus International; Larry Guest, Harrison Poultry; Nick Guglielmi, Packaging Specialties; Darrel Keck, George’s; Todd Kenning, Linde; Steve Kernen, Amick Farms; Jeramie Martin, Meyn America; Gail McWilliam, Perdue Farms; Mitch Mitchell, Case Foods; Daniel Phillips, Pactiv; Zack Purvis, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank; Marla Robinson, Aviagen; David Rose, Simmons Foods; Larry Saywell, Mountaire Farms; Michael Schmid, VAL-CO; Eric Scholer, Express Markets; Alan Schuler, CoBank; Fred Scott, Prince Agri Products; Donald Smith, Cryovac Division-Sealed Air; Nick Stams, Overhill Farms (Stams Foods); Rodger Starnes, Tyson Foods; Greg Tench, Mar-Jac Poultry; Terry Tolbert, Keystone Foods; Brian Tucker, Tip Top Poultry; Jim Van Proosdy, Bayer HealthCare; Bobby Wilburn, Peco Foods; Amy Witte, DuPont; Terry Wright, Morris & Associates; and Brian Young, Wells Fargo Bank.
