Class 13 Alumni
Emily Alm
Customer Experience Manager
Winfield United
Worthington
Jennifer Athmann
Financial Officer
Compeer Financial
Fargo
Rachel Ameson
Farmer-Owner
Arneson Farms
Worthington
Sharyce Baartman
Owner/Provider
Hearing & Speech Center
St. Cloud
Farmer-Owner
Farmer-Owner
Brey Farms (Turkey Breeder Farm)
Sleepy Eye
Chet Bodin
Business Development Manager
MN DEED
Emily
Emily Dehn
Marketing, Communications & Consulting and Fernbrook Farms
Curious Plot
Hector
Braden French
Farmer-Owner
French Farms/French Feedlots
Cottonwood
Joseph "Joey" Goodthunder
Farmer-Manager/ Hemp, Corn, Soybeans
Lower Sioux Indian Community
Morton
Cameron Henning
Commercial Agronomist
Pivot Bio – Agronomy Company
Jackson
Melissa Holtz
Calf Nutrition, Animal Milk Solutions & Business Manager
Land O’ Lakes/Purina Animal Nutrition
Little Falls
Mandy Hunecke
Communications Director
Crystal Valley Cooperative
Mankato
Dustin Johnson
Farmer-Owner
Johnson Farm, Corn & Soybeans production
Montevideo
Andrew Karau
Farmer-Owner
Karau Farms, Crops & Livestock
Saint James
Ruth Lanoue
Owner-Operations
Verly Lanoue Cattle – Beef & Corn, Soybeans
Marshall
Gregg Muehler
CEO, Corn & Soybean production
Muehler Farms
Moorhead
Michelle O'Connor
Farmer & Crop Insurance Owner/Agent
O’ Connor Crop Insurance Service
Blooming Prairie
Alexandra Ostlund
Business Development Director of Novel Supply Chains
AURI – Ag Utilization & Research Institute
Brooklyn Park
Carson Ouellette
Sr. Outreach Director for Agriculture & Childcare
Office of Senator Tina Smith
Moorhead
Corey Prins
Owner/President, Employer Farm Mgmt, RE Sales & Appraisals
Northwestern Farm Mgmt Company
Marshall
Joel Reiman
Product Development Leader
Hormel Foods Corporate Services LLC
Austin
Rachel Reisig
Director of Communications
MN Farm Bureau Federation
Eagan
Eric Samuelson
Farm Owner-Operator
Samuelson Farms, dry edible beans, wheat, sugar beets
Crookston
Katie Saterbak
Associate Sr. Scientist
Jenny-O Turkey Store/Hormel Foods
Murdock
Susan "Sue" Schatz
Consultant – Dairy Industry Associations
Schatz Enterprises
Le Center
Andrew Thighes
Growth Specialist/Seed Growth Specilist
Central Farm Service
Owatonna
Okechukwa "Okey" Ukaga
Academic Dean, Division of Food & Agriculture
Riverland College
Austin
Ryan Vesey
Business Development Manager
Greater Mankato Growth
Mankato
Terra Wierson
Communications Specialist & Bee Keeper/Honey Producer
Ag Partners Cooperative
Northfield
Shane Wilhelm
General Manager
Richmond Turkey Farms/Feed Milling & Bedding Company
Mantorville