World Dairy Diary

NAIDC elects board members, executive committee

The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) board of directors elected four new members on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. NAIDC was established in 2002 as a management contest to incorporate all phases of a specific dairy business. It strives to incorporate a higher-learning atmosphere with practical application to help prepare students for careers in the dairy industry. New board members are:

• Owen Bewley, dairy technical specialist with Prince Agri Products and based in Susquehanna, Pa. He has been a volunteer for both the northeast regional and national Dairy Challenge events.
• Marcia Endres, Associate Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul. She has coached Dairy Challenge teams for the university since the contest’s inception in 2002.
• Coleen Jones, research associate with Penn State University and diversified ag producer based in Craigsville, Va. She has served on NAIDC program and public relations committees since 2003 and assisted at both the northeast and southern regional contests.
• David R. Winston, Dairy Extension Specialist at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. He is currently chair of the southern region Dairy Challenge planning committee and was an assistant coach for Virginia Tech’s teams from 2002 to 2004.

Continuing NAIDC board members include Devin Albrecht, Prairie State/Select Sires, Hampshire, Ill.; Bruce Clark of Northstar Cooperative, Coldwater, Mich.; Jean Conklin, Yankee Farm Credit and dairy producer, Haverhill, N.H.; Gary M. Hay, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Tami Tollenaar, Tollenaar Dairy, Elk Grove, Calif.; and Michael Van Amburgh, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.