The U.S. Department of Agriculture named 40 members, including several from Texas, to serve on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board.

Thirty-nine members will serve three-year terms and one member will serve a one-year term. The term of board members appointed to three-year terms start February 2023 and end February 2026.

Texans appointed to the board are:

  • Chloe Wilson, Sabinal
  • Seth A. Denbow, Weatherford
  • Claudia S. Wright, Richmond
  • Anne Ilse Anderson, Austin
  • Debbie Gill, Chico

Other newly appointed members are:

  • Alabama – Bill Lipscomb, Prattville, Ala.
  • Arkansas – Donald Hubbell, Batesville, Ark.
  • Colorado – Jody Rogers, Yuma, Colo.
  • Florida – LuJean Waters, Bartow, Fla.
  • Georgia – Kristy Griffis Arnold, Screven, Ga.
  • Idaho – Patricia Dowton, Ellis, Idaho
  • Illinois – Paul Walker, Danvers, Ill.
  • Indiana – Edmund R. Hildenbrand, Huntingburg, Ind.
  • Iowa – Hayley Moss, Hull, Iowa, and Ross Havens, Atlantic, Iowa
  • Kansas – Amy Lyons Langvardt, Alta Vista, Kan., and Jack Geiger, Robinson, Kan.
  • Kentucky – Mitchel Logsdon, Munfordville, Ky.
  • Minnesota – Jeri L. Hanson, Comfrey, Minn.
  • Missouri – Patty Wood, La Monte, Mo., and Marsha Corbin, Dover, Mo.
  • Montana – Benjamin J. Peterson, Judith Gap, Mont.
  • Nebraska – Michael W. Crosley, Niobrara, Neb., and Jaslyn Livingston, Broadwater, Neb.
  • New York – John E. Kriese, Branchport, N.Y.
  • North Dakota – Mary Graner, Huff, N.D.
  • Ohio – Joe Foster, Gallipolis, Ohio
  • Oklahoma – Jason Hitch, Guymon, Okla., and Rodney E. Cowan, Watonga, Okla.
  • Oregon – Wendy Bingham, North Powder, Ore.
  • Pennsylvania – Diane M. Hoover, Lebanon, Pa.
  • South Dakota – Larry C. Stomprud, Mud Butte, S.D.
  • Tennessee – Celeste D. Blackburn, Jefferson City, Tenn.
  • Virginia – James Edward Calhoun, Jr., Callands, Va.
  • Wisconsin – Terry Quam, Lodi, Wis.
  • Northwest Unit – Marty Stingley, Ellensburg, Wash.
  • Southwest Unit – Ted L. Kingsley, Colusa, Calif., and Cathy Jauch, Plymouth, Calif.
  • Importer Unit – Andrew Kopic, Jacksonville, Fla., and Doug McNicholl, Washington, D.C. (1-year term)

The board is authorized by the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 and is composed of 101 members representing 34 states and five units. Members must be beef producers or importers of beef and beef products nominated by certified producer organizations.

Since 1966, Congress has authorized the development of 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 to 22 boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.

More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service Cattlemen’s Beef Board webpage.