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Schafer Appoints Members to MilkPEP Board
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced last Friday the appointment of three incumbents and six new members to the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) Board, which directs the National Milk Mustache "got milk?" Campaign. Re-appointed to serve second terms are Brian Haugh, National Dairy Holdings, LP (Region 8) and Michael Krueger, Shamrock Foods Company (At-Large Processor). Re-appointed to serve a first term after filling a vacancy lasting less than 18 months is Jay Simon, Super Store Industries (Region 14).
Newly appointed are Jim Walsh, HP Hood LLC (Region 2); Mike Smith, Publix Super Markets, Inc. (Region 5); and Steve Turner, Turner Dairy Holding, LLC (Prairie Farms) (Region 11). Newly appointed to fill vacancies lasting less than 18 months are Rick Zuroweste, Dean Foods Dairy Group (Region 12); Scottie Mayfield, Mayfield Dairy Farms, Inc., Dean Foods (At-Large Processor); and Janey Thornton, School Nutrition Association (Public).
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service monitors the operations of the board, which is comprised of 15 fluid milk processors from 15 geographic regions and five at-large members. At least three at-large members must be fluid milk processors and at least one must be from the general public.
These appointments will be effective July 1, and appointees will be seated during MilkPEP's summer board meeting July 17-19.
As of July 1, the MilkPEP board members will be:
| Region 1 |
Mike Touhey, Vice President, Marketing, Dean Foods Dairy Group, Dallas, Texas |
| Region 2 |
Jim Walsh, Executive Vice President, Sales, HP Hood, LLC, Lynnefield, Mass. |
| Region 3 |
Mike Nosewicz, Vice President, Dairy Group-East, The Kroger Company, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Region 4 |
Charles Gaither, President, Milkco, Inc., Asheville, N.C. |
| Region 5 |
Mike Smith, Vice President of Manufacturing, Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lakeland, Fla. |
| Region 6 |
Bill McCabe, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Shearer's Foods, Inc., Brewster, Ohio |
| Region 7 |
James Green, President and CEO, Kemps, LLC, St. Paul, Minn. |
| Region 8 |
Brian Haugh, CEO, National Dairy Holdings, LP, Dallas, Texas |
| Region 9 |
Ed Mullins, Executive Vice President and CEO, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., Carlinville, Ill. |
| Region 10 |
Bob McCullough, Group Vice President, Manufacturing, H.E. Butt Grocery Company, San Antonio, Texas |
| Region 11 |
Steve Turner, President, Turner Dairy Holding, LLC (Prairie Farms), Memphis, Tenn. |
| Region 12 |
Rick Zuroweste, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Dean Foods Dairy Group, Dallas, Texas |
| Region 13 |
Jerry Tidwell, Senior Vice President, Supply Operations, Safeway, Inc., Pleasanton, Calif. |
| Region 14 |
Jay Simon, President, Super Store Industries, Stockton, Calif. |
| Region 15 |
Paul Bikowitz, President, Heartland Farms, City of Industry, Calif. |
| At Large |
Michael Krueger, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Dairy Division, Shamrock Foods Company, Phoenix, Ariz. |
| At Large |
Randy Mooney, First Vice Chairman, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., Rogersville, Mo. |
| At Large |
Scottie Mayfield, President, Mayfield Dairy Farms, Inc., Dean Foods, Athens, Tenn. |
| At Large |
Terri Webb, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Farmland Dairies, LLC, Wallington, N.J. |
| Public |
Janey Thornton, School Nutrition Association, Rineyville, Ky. |
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Posted March 3, 2008
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