Board of Directors
The Board represents a broad spectrum of agricultural industries and has a wealth of business management experience. It plays an important role in oversight and planning for the organization. It's easy to see why AgChoice is so customer focused when the Board members are also customer-owners.
Region 1
Covering Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Tioga, Venango and Warren Counties
Christine Waddell
Crawford County
Audit Committee
Mrs. Waddell owns and operates a 1,600-acre farm where she and her family milk 500 Holstein cows and care for 400 replacement heifers. Crops raised include corn, alfalfa and soybeans. She is a Dairy 4-H leader, actively promotes the dairy industry through her work with the Dairy Princess Program, serves on the Center for Dairy Excellence board and is a member of St. Hippolyte Catholic Church. Her term of office began in 2010 and expires in 2013.
Jeffrey L. Raney
Crawford County
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Mr. Raney owns and operates a 300-acre farm where he and his family milk registered Holsteins. Crops raised include corn, alfalfa and soybeans. He is involved in the following activities: Mid-East area councilperson for Dairy Farmers of America, Central Ohio Breeder's Association delegate, director of the PA Dairy Promotion Program, DFA Corporate board member, Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association board member and a member of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. His term of office began in 1993 and expires in 2011.
Region 2
Covering Bradford, Columbia, Juniata, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union, Wayne and Wyoming Counties.
Donald G. Cotner Jr.
Northumberland County
Executive and Compensation Committee
Mr. Cotner is a partner of Don Cotner Farms, which farms nearly 1,250 acres. He is a partner in Boyd Station, LLC, Chairman of the Rush Township Zoning Hearing Board, and is president of Cotner Farms, Inc., which operates an independent layer operation with 500,000 layers. His term of office began in 1982 and expires in 2009.
Dennis B. Spangler
Union County
Vice Chairman of the Board, Executive and Compensation Committee
Mr. Spangler is an operator of a dairy and crop farm with 80 milking cows and 75 replacements. Mr. Spangler serves as a director with the Union County Conservation District and is a member of the Union County Ag Advisory Committee. His term of office began in 1994 and expires in 2010.
Region 3
Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Somerset and York Counties
Paul W. McPherson
York County
Chairman of the Governance Committee
Mr. McPherson heads Maple Lawn Farms, Inc., a family farm corporation that produces fruit and grain and operates a farm market. Mr. McPherson is a chairman of Fawn Township Planning Commission and served as director of PSU Ag Science Alumni Society, president of the National Peach Council, Citizens' Volunteer Fire Co. and York County Fruit Growers. He also served as a trustee of Centre Presbyterian Church. His other activities include National and PA Corn Growers, State Horticulture Association of Pennsylvania, York County and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Adams Electric Cooperative. His term of office began in 1991 and expires in 2011.
Region 4
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Clearfield, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania, and Brooke, Hancock, Marshall and Ohio Counties in West Virginia
Clarence W. Beck
Forest County
Audit Committee
Mr. Beck is a partner in a family farm of 2,600 acres that grows potatoes, corn, oats, wheat and soybeans. Potatoes grown at the farm are packaged for retail markets in the mid-America United States. Mr. Beck is also owner and operator of Long Acres, Inc., which serves eight counties as a dealer for Pioneer Hi-Bred seeds and sells agricultural chemicals and fertilizers. His term of office began in 2005 and expires in 2010.
William K. Jackson
Fayette County
Chairman of the Board, Executive and Compensation Committee
Mr. Jackson is co-owner/operator of Jackson Farms, an 800-acre dairy that milks 195 registered Holsteins and processes, wholesales and retails dairy products via an on-farm processing plant and convenience store. He is president of the Fayette County Fair Board, treasurer of the Community Foundation of Fayette County, a board member of the Brownsville Tri-County Hospital and the Fayette Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Penn State - Fayette Campus Advisory Board. His term of office began in 2000 and expires in 2009.
Lisa M. Boytim
Westmoreland County
Governance Committee
Ms. Boytim is co-owner and operator of a 92-acre equine business, Porchview Stables and Riding Arena, which boards 40 horses and offers riding lessons and trails. Ms. Boytim prepares for and conducts state-sanctioned shows for the National Barrel Horse Association (NBHA) and the International Barrel Racers Association (IBRA). Her term of office began in 2008 and expires in 2011.
Charles F. Ulmer Jr.
Lycoming County
Governance Committee
Mr. Ulmer owns a grain and forage operation, farming 1,500 acres. In addition, Mr. Ulmer owns four dairy facilities, providing young and beginning farmers the opportunity to start a career in agriculture. His term of office began in 1999 and expires in 2010.
R. Mac Reeves
Audit Committee
Mr. Reeves owns 700 acres of crop and timberland in central and southwestern Virginia. Mr. Reeves retired after 32 years with New Holland-North America. He also serves as a director for AAA Central Penn. His term of office began in October 2002 and expires in 2011.
Jack G. Webster
Executive and Compensation Committee
Mr. Webster was the CEO of Farm Credit Services of America prior to November 2004. Mr. Webster currently is the director of Ministry Support at his home church. His term of office began in 2007 and expires in 2009.
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