Participants in the Industry Long-Range Planning Process Include

Participants in the industry long-range planning process include:

• Co-chair Charles Miller, owner of C&J Cattle Co., where he runs stockers.Charles, a former member of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, developed a genetic improvement program for feeders and is chairman of the board for Integrated Traceability Solutions, a company that deals with feeder cattle source and age verification.

• Co-chair Robert Rebholtz, president/CEO of Agri-Beef Co, a family owned business that operates ranches and feedlots in Idaho, Kansas and Washington and is also involved in processing beef.Agri-Beef operates Performix, a cattle-feed and supplement manufacturer.

• Ron Bryant is director, non-certified beef and dairy cattle, U.S. for Intervet Schering-Plough's (ISPAH) cattle business. Prior to joining ISPAH, Bryant was an officer at Embrex. He spent 25 years in a number of positions at The Upjohn Company, including vice president of North American operations and vice president of the NAFTA region.

• Homer Buell, co-owner of Shovel Dot Ranch in north-central Nebraska.Buell is currently vice-chair of the Joint Evaluation Committee and serves on the Joint Nominating Committee.He is the former president of the Nebraska Hereford Association and the Nebraska Cattlemen.He has also been president of the Rock County Roping Club.

• Barry Carpenter, CEO of the National Meat Association.Carpenter was a senior executive for USDA for 37 years and administered the Livestock and Seed program for USDA-AMS.He received many national awards for his extensive industry contributions.

• Jack Cowley ranches near Montague, Calif.Previously in the purebred business, Cowley now has commercial cows.He is the current vice president and former president of the California Beef Cattle Improvement Association. Cowley is also a private practice ophthamologist and professor of ophthamology at University of California Davis Med School.

• Mike Engler, president and CEO of Cactus Feeders and current chair of Texas Cattle Feeders Association.

• Robert Fountain, a third-generation commercial producer.He serves as secretary/treasurer of the Cattlemen's Beef Board, is a vice president of the Georgia Farm Bureau board of directors and serves on the Georgia Beef Board.

• Ted Greidanus, CEO of Calftech Corp., specializes in raising Holstein calves for beef production and creating unique partnerships for feeding cattle. He currently serves on the checkoff’s Operating Committee, the California Beef Council Executive Committee and the California Cattlemen's Association Feeder Council.

• Paul Heinrich, a senior director of beef, pork, lamb, veal and strategic sourcing for Sysco Corporation in Texas.

• David Kent, senior commodity procurement coordinator for The Kroger Company. Kent negotiates commodity costs for beef, pork, lamb, veal, ground beef and poultry and is responsible for merchandising initatives and category management.Previously, he held similar roles at Spartan Stores and Meijer Inc.

• Charlie Mostek, vice president of value-added meat sales and production with Tyson Fresh Meats.He has been with Tyson for more than 40 years in various leadership roles.He also served on the NCBA executive committee, board of directors and various industry committees and task forces.

• Billy Perrin owns and operates a stocker/cow/calf operation in Oklahoma, as well as an Oklahoma livestock market.He is the past president of the Livestock Marketing Association and the Oklahoma Beef Council.

• Homero Recio, president and COO of Agri-West International, Inc (AWI).AWI markets meat and food products within the U.S., and exports meat products to Asia, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Recio was the packer & export director for Certified Angus Beef and then worked for US Meat Export Federation as vice president, western hemisphere.

• Don Schiefelbein is a partner in Schiefelbein Farms, Kimball, Minn., a diversified farming operation with registered Angus cows, corn, soybeans, alfalfa as well as improved pastures. Schiefelbein Farms operates a home feedlot in Minnesota, in addition to lots in Colorado, Nebraska and Texas.

• Todd Schroeder, past president of Nebraska Cattlemen's and current vice chair of the Live Cattle Marketing Committee, is a feeder with Albers Feedlot in Nebraska.

• Don Stewart is president/owner of Stewart-Miller, Inc., an importer.He is currently treasurer of theMeat Importers Council of America.He serves on the checkoff’s Operating Committee and as a leader of various industry committees, including the budget committee.
• Bob Young is chief economist for American Farm Bureau Federation.He previously served as co-director for the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri and chief economist for the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee.