Michael Helgeson, National Chicken Council Chairman, has announced the names of those industry representatives who will serve on NCC’s 2014 Marketing and Safety & Health Committees. Hilary Burroughs, manager of marketing, Sanderson Farms, will continue to serve as chair of the Marketing Committee. Mike Nations, corporate safety manager, Harrison Poultry, will head up the Safety & Health Committee (NCC, National Turkey Federation and the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association are part of the Joint Poultry Industry Safety and Health Council).

Marketing Committee

Hilary Burroughs (Chairperson), Sanderson Farms; Keith Arnold, Pilgrim’s; Gus Arrendale, Fieldale Farms; Julie Berling, GNP Company; Carl Blackham, BMO Harris Bank; Eric Buckman, U.S. Bank; Pete Bugas, Interstate Container; 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; Jay Fowler, International Paper; Mikell Fries, Claxton Poultry; Jim Gerardot, Kincannon & Reed; Larry Guest, Harrison Poultry; Nick Guglielmi, Packaging Specialties; Darrel Keck, George’s; Steve Kernen, Amick Farms; Joseph Licata, QST Ingredients; Jeramie Martin, Meyn America; Gail McWilliam, Perdue Farms; Daniel Phillips, Pactiv Corporation; Zack Purvis, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank; Bryan Reese, Foster Farms; Marla Robinson, Aviagen; David Rose, Simmons Foods; Larry Saywell, Mountaire Farms; Eric Scholer, Express Markets; Alan Schuler, CoBank; Donald Smith, Cryovac Division-Sealed Air; Gerald Smith, Valley Proteins; Rodger Starnes, Tyson Foods; Greg Tench, Mar-Jac Poultry; Terry Tolbert, Keystone Foods; Jim Van Proosdy, Bayer HealthCare; Michael Whitmer, Novus International; Bobby Wilburn, Peco Foods; Mark Wilkerson, O. K. Foods; Amy Witte, DuPont; Ed Wyatt, Prince Agri Products; and Brian Young, Wells Fargo Bank.

Safety & Health Committee

Mike Nations (Chairman named by NCC), Harrison Poultry; Steve Conley, Peco Foods; Frank Cruice, Perdue Farms; Josh Fisher, B & B Poultry; Derrick Hellinga, Tyson Foods; James Kessler, Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health; Sam Maack, Brown & Brown Insurance; Ernie Machado, Foster Farms; Terri Middlebrooks, Mar-Jac Poultry; Michael Nesset, Alchemy Systems; Norman Parker, Claxton Poultry; Robert Puhl, O. K. Foods; Scott Rushing, Sanderson Farms; Doug Schult, Pilgrim’s; Clint Scroggs, Fieldale Farms; Daron Sharp, Simmons Foods; Gregg Smith, George’s; J. Stine, Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine; Phillip Turner, Mar-Jac Poultry; John Ward, Mountaire Farms; Timothy Ward, Keystone Foods; and Kari Waters, GNP Company.

Additional members of NCC’s remaining standing committees will be published in upcoming issues of the Washington Report.