President – Dale Heintz, AgPartners Co-op*
Vice President – John Wolf, DFA*
Secretary – David Weinand, Minnesota Department of Agriculture*
Treasurer – Scott Stude, Agropur*
Elected board members (voting): including those with * above,
- Jeff Johnson, Alltech
Appointed Board members (voting):
- Meghan Melheim, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Patti Schaefer, First District Association
- April VonRuden, AMPI
- Deb Wehde, Agropur
Advisory Committee members (non-voting):
- Blaize Dankers, Land O’Lakes
- Dan Erickson, Harold Wainess & Associates
- Peter Gieseke, Agropur
- Amanda Johnson, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Jim Klein, Bongards
- Rueben Nilsson, Prairie Farms
- Lisa Ramacher, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Lucas Sjostrom, Minnesota Milk
- Brian Speltz, S & S Dairy Systems
- Lisa Wetzel, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Justin Zangl, Eurofins DQCI, LLC
If you are interested in serving on a UMDIA Committee contact President Dale Heintz.