Mark Kaminsky, National Chicken Council Chairman of the Board, has announced the names of those industry representatives who will serve on NCC’s 2019 Communications, Growout, and Technical & Regulatory Committees.Ira Brill, Director of Marketing Service, Foster Farms, will serve as chairman of the Communications Committee. Dr. Carl Heeder, Director of Food Safety, Mountaire, will continue to head up the Growout Committee. Casey Fripp, Director of Quality Control, Foster Farms, will again lead the Technical & Regulatory Committee.

Communications Committee:

Ira Brill (Chairman), Foster Farms

  • Nathan Augspurger, United Animal Health
  • Thomas Ausborn, BMO Harris Bank
  • Cathy Bassett, Mountaire
  • Mike Cockrell, Sanderson Farms
  • John Comino, Southern Hens
  • Bart Crater, Peco Foods
  • Leah Dorman, Phibro Animal Health
  • Rick Elrod, Darling Ingredients / Griffin Industries
  • Donny Epp, Simmons Foods
  • Dale Faunce, Fieldale Farms
  • Stephen Gilbert, Wells Fargo Bank
  • Sarah Hendricks, George’s
  • Andrea Johnson, PeroxyChem
  • Stewart Kalish, Rabobank International
  • Tim Lease, WL Port-Land Systems
  • Tess Mackey, Live Oak bank
  • Keri McGrath, Elanco Animal Health
  • Randy Meyers, O. K. Foods
  • Gary Mickelson, Tyson Foods
  • Robert Moody, Zoetis
  • Doug Richardson, FROST
  • Marla Robinson, Aviagen
  • David Rothmeier, Chick-fil-A
  • Alan Schuler, CoBank
  • Andrea Staub, Perdue Farms
  • Mark Sullivan, Huvepharma
  • Brian Tucker, Tip Top Poultry
  • Fred West, Amick Farms
Growout Committee:

Dr. Carl Heeder (Chairman), Mountaire

  • Blyn Brown, United Animal Health
  • Terry Bruce, Tip Top Poultry
  • Bob Buresh, Novus International
  • Hector Cervantes, Phibro Animal Health
  • Edward Chisholm, Sanderson Farms
  • John Comino, Southern Hens
  • Tom David, Case Foods
  • William Davis, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
  • Rory DeWeese, Allen Harim Foods
  • Dewey Edwards, CJ America
  • Brian Esters, George’s
  • Dale Fowler, Hubbard
  • Blake Gibson, Jones-Hamilton
  • Gary Hogue, O. K. Foods
  • Vance Keaton, Live Oak Bank
  • Mike Leventini, Perdue Foods
  • Willard Massey, MidAtlantic Farm Credit
  • Chip Miller, Tyson Foods
  • Scott Patey, Merck Animal Health
  • Scott Pedigo, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
  • Rick Phillips, Anitox
  • Ken Primm, J.B. Hunt
  • Marshall Putnam, CEVA Animal Health
  • John Renault, Claxton Poultry
  • Bill Ricken, Amick Farms
  • Roddy Sanders, Peco Foods
  • Jim Shepard, Wayne Farms
  • Rob Shirley, Adisseo
  • Scott Starnes, Southeastern Minerals
  • Sara Steinlage, Elanco Animal Health
  • Terry Thompson, Foster Farms
  • Cole Vardeman, Simmons Foods
  • Nelson Ward, DSM Nutritional Products
  • Dave Wicker, Fieldale Farms
Technical & Regulatory Committee:

Casey Fripp (Chairman), Foster Farms

  • Pamela Abney, Mountaire Farms
  • Dean Allen, BioSafe Systems
  • William Altenpohl, Computerway Food Systems
  • Brent Bankosky, Enviro Tech Chemical Services
  • Benny Bishop, Peco Foods
  • Danny Bradley, Alltech Biotechnology
  • Charles Broussard, Merck Animal Health
  • Terry Bruce, Tip Top Poultry
  • Shane Calhoun, Packers Chemical
  • Tom Campi, Huvepharma
  • Jeff Carpenter, Food Safety Net Services
  • Louis Carrasquillo, International Dehydrated Foods
  • John Comino, Southern Hens
  • Peggy Cook, TriStrata Group
  • Karl Deily, Sealed Air Food Care
  • Shannon Driggers, George’s
  • Larry Epling, Case Foods
  • Marty Ewing, Sanderson Farms
  • Pettit Ewing, Koch Foods of MS
  • Jim Faller, The Vincit Group
  • Douglas Fulnechek, Zoetis
  • Nick Gasbarro, Prime Equipment Group
  • Blake Gibson, Jones-Hamilton
  • David Harris, Simmons Foods
  • Andrea Johnson, PeroxyChem
  • Deborah Klein, Ecolab
  • Corbett Kloster, Fieldale Farms
  • Heath LaFevers, bioMerieux
  • Ted Lankford, Morris & Associates
  • Kristin Lindahl, Cargill
  • Brian McDaniel, IndusCo
  • James McGinnis, Diamond V
  • Lindsey Mehall-Ulbrich, Safe Foods
  • Bryan Miller, Wayne Farms
  • Gerard Polkinghorne, Harrison Poultry
  • Charles Rigdon, Case Farms
  • Anthony Rokoo-Aikins, DSM Nutritional Products
  • Jeff Shaw, Perdue Foods
  • Steve Snyder, Claxton Poultry
  • Ken Springer, Koch Foods
  • Mickey Starks, Predictive Food Safety Solutions
  • Curtis Stell, Peco Foods
  • Scott Stillwell, Tyson Foods
  • Amy Szadziewicz, O. K. Foods
  • Steven Traylor, Corbion
  • Matthew Ventrella, Hain Pure Protein
  • Frank Wier, Amick Farms
  • Brian Williams, Sanderson Farms
  • Carter Wright, Brainerd Chemical Company
  • Shelby Wright, Boar’s Head
  • Dan Zelenka, Tyson Foods