Class 6 Alumni
Judy Barka
Owner
Forest City Land and Cattle
Watkins
Mark Berle
Owner/Operator
Berle Farms
Gibbon
Reuben Bode
President
REBCO Pork, Inc.
Courtland
John Chute
Owner/Operator
Chute Family Farm
Aitkin
Mike Conzemius
Owner/Manager
J & M Cattle Inc., M & J Grain
Cannon Falls
Gail Donkers
Project Manager
Learner’s Digest
Faribault
Lara Durben
Communication & Program Director
Minnesota Turkey Growers Association
Buffalo
Jay Fultz
Owner
Fultz Farms, Inc.
Tracy
Jane Wilcox Hardwick
Executive Director
Minnesota Prairie County Allliance
Mantorville
Kirby Hettver
Sales Manager
Agri Duster
Montevideo
Doug Hoffbauer
Jack-of-all-Trades
Hoffbauer Farm
Duluth
Darrell Ingvaldson
Insurance Agent
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Austin
Aaron Kaiser
Branch Manager
Riverwood Bank
Bagley
Rochelle Krusemark
Partner
Krusemark Farms Inc.
Sherburn
Staci (Bohlen) Martin
Director of Legislative Affairs
AgStar Financial Services
Mankato
Toni Merdan
Senior Economic Development Officer
Congressman Collin C. Peterson – US House of Representatives
Fergus Falls
Rich Miska
Financial Services Executive
AgStar Financial Services
Breezy Point
Paula Mohr
Editor
The Farmer /Farm Progress
Anoka
Jenna (Pomerenke) Davis
Account Manager
JBS United, Inc.
Cokato
Jim O'Connor
Owner
O’Connor Repair and Family Farms
Blooming Prairie
Jorge Prince
Chief Financial Officer
LaValley Industries
Bemidji
Jill Resler
Chief Operating Officer
Minnesota Pork Board/Minnesota Pork Producers Association
Owatonna
Peter Ripka
Owner
Ripka Dairy
Ogilvie
Ian Sandager
Partner
KarMar Farms Ltd.
Hills
Shelly Schell
Training & Coaching Professional
TrionfoCREM
Altura
Jim Sieben
Vice-President-General Manager
Nova-Tech Engineering
Spicer
Rick Smith
Partner
Blue-Edge Dairy
Adams
Steve Sorenson
Vice President of Finance
Coughlin Companies, Inc.
Madelia
Pat Sullivan
President
PJ Farms of Franklin Inc
Franklin
Elizabeth (Hamilton) Tanner
Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships Director
MN Corn Growers/MN Corn Research & Promotion
Shakopee
Carey Tweten
Herd Manager/Partner
Valley Acres Dairy
Lewiston
Tom Walsh
Managing Partner
Dublin Dairy
Murdock