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Task Force Leadership
Honorary Chairman:
Senator Pat Roberts
Co-Chairman:
Dan Glickman
, President and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America
Co-Chairman:
Mark Parkinson
, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
Vice Chairman: Congresswoman
Nancy Boyda
, Second Congressional District
Vice Chairman:
John Carlin
, Visiting Professor and Executive-in-Residence, Kansas State University
Vice Chairman:
David Franz
, DVM, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Biological Scientist, Midwest Research Institute
Vice Chairman:
Joerg Ohle
, President and General Manager, Animal Health Division, Bayer HealthCare, LLC
Task Force Members
Industry
Ronald S. Brakke, President and CEO, Brakke Consulting
Paul Casady, Area Director Americas, Vice President Intervet, Intervet International
E. Thomas Corcoran, Former President, Fort Dodge Animal Health
Greg Graves, President and CEO, Burns & McDonnell
George Heidgerken, President and COO, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.
Don Marvin, President and CEO, IdentiGEN North America Inc.
Landon Rowland, Chairman, President, and CEO, Everglades Financial
Justin Skala, President, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc.
Warren Staley, Chairman Emeritus, Cargill Inc.
Research Institutions
Nelson Galle, Chairman, Kansas Board of Regents
Robert Hemenway, Chancellor, University of Kansas
Bill Neaves, President and CEO, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Dan Richardson, Chief Executive Officer, K-State Olathe Innovation Campus
Robert W. Rubin, Ph.D., President and CEO, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Dr. Jim Spigarelli, President and CEO, Midwest Research Institute
Jon Wefald, President, Kansas State University
Public Officials
Roderick Bremby, Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Major General Tod Bunting, Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, State of Kansas
Senator Mark Gilstrap, Senate District 5
Senator Nick Jordan, Senate District 10
Dave Kerr, Secretary, Kansas Department of Commerce
Adrian Polansky, Secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture
Representative Sharon Schwartz, House District 106
Bruce Snead, Commissioner, City of Manhattan
Representative Jerry Williams, House District 8
Producer Groups
Steve Baccus, President, Kansas Farm Bureau
David Cross, President, Kansas Livestock Association
Bruce W. Little, DVM, Executive Vice President, American Veterinary Medical Association
Jan Lyons, Past President, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Ken McCauley, President, National Corn Growers Association
Gregory Shelor, President, National Grain Sorghum Producers
John Thaemert, President, National Association of Wheat Growers
Partners
Lyle Butler, President and CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Charlie Gregor, Executive Vice President, Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce
Angela Kreps, President, Kansas Bioscience Organization
Michael Maddox, President, Northeast Kansas Region, INTRUST Bank
Tom Romig, Dean, Washburn School of Law
Kansas Congressional Delegation (ex-officio)
Senator Sam Brownback
Congressman Dennis Moore, Third Congressional District
Congressman Jerry Moran, First Congressional District
Congressman Todd Tiahrt, Fourth Congressional District
Additional Task Force Members
Dr. Bill Brown, Health Services Veterinarian, Monsanto
T.G. Ksiazek, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
General Richard Myers, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff