The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of 42 members to serve on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Thirty-nine members will serve three-year terms beginning May 2026. One member will serve a two-year term, and two members will serve a one-year term starting immediately.
Newly appointed members are:
- Alabama – Jim Jordan, Talladega
- Arizona – Mary Jo Rideout, Red Rock (2-year term)
- Arkansas – Phillip A. DeSalvo, Center Ridge
- Colorado – Susan M. Link, Elbert
- Florida – Dr. LuJean Waters, Bartow
- Georgia – Kristy Griffis Arnold, Screven
- Idaho – Lee Bradshaw, Caldwell
- Illinois – Mike Martz, DeKalb
- Indiana – Ed Hildenbrand, Huntingburg
- Iowa – Lydia Grant, Monticello
- Hayley Moss, Hull
- Kansas – Jessica K. Weltmer, Smith Center
- Matthew J. Grabbe, Hays
- Kentucky – Mitchel Logsdon, Munfordville
- Minnesota – Jennifer Schiefelbein, Kimball
- Missouri – Patricia L. Wood, La Monte
- Marsha A. Corbin, Dover
- Montana – Connie Ahlgren, Grass Range
- Nebraska –Jaslyn Livingston, Broadwater
- Jim Dinklage, Orchard
- New York – John E. Kriese, Branchport
- North Dakota – Kathy Tokach, Anthony
- Jeremiah Heupel, Medina (1-year term)
- Ohio – Francine Rose Hartschuh, Sycamore
- Oklahoma – Mike Frey, Kingfisher
- Rodney E. Cowan, Watonga
- Oregon – Wendy Bingham, North Powder
- Pennsylvania – Cheryl A. Fairbairn, Coatesville
- South Dakota – Charles Maude, Capula
- Tennessee – John Steven Lee, Madisonville
- Texas – Chloe Wilson, Sabinal
- Jake Cowen, Benjamin
- Kevin Busher, Winters
- Hank McWhorter, Amarillo
- Marsha Shoemaker, Bellevue
- Virginia – Jay Calhoun Jr., Callands
- Wisconsin – Terry M. Quam, Lodi
- Northwest Unit – Allen Miller, North Mansfield, Wash.
- Southwest Unit – Ted Kingsley, Colusa, Calif.
- Lisandra Vitorino, Turlock, Calif.
- Importer Unit – Trevor Yates, Fort Collins, Co.
- Eric J. Brown, Little River, Sc. (1-year term)
More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Cattlemen’s Beef Board webpage and on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board website, beefboard.org.
Since 1966, Congress has authorized industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool their resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight of 21 boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.
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