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Rick Sibbel Begins Second Year as NIAA
Chairman of the Board NIAA Board of Directors keep officer team intact ST. PAUL, Minn. ― The 2005 annual meeting of
the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, underway here this week,
marks the beginning of Rick Sibbel and Scott Stuart’s second year as
chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the organization’s board of
directors. Sibbel, a veterinarian, is director of global
technical services for Schering-Plough Animal Health and resides in
Ankeny, Iowa. Stuart is CEO
of the National Livestock Producers Association and resides in Colorado
Springs, Colo. NIAA members
elected the pair to their posts in April 2004 for a two-year term.
Additionally, the NIAA board of directors elected a familiar set
of faces to comprise its executive committee. NIAA CEO Glenn Slack was re-elected as president of
the organization. Jim Fraley,
livestock program director at Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington, Ill., was
re-elected as secretary and Jon Caspers, a pork producer from Swaledale,
Iowa and past president of the National Pork Producers Council was
re-elected as treasurer. Richard
Breitmeyer, state veterinarian and director of animal health and food
safety services at the California Department of Food and Agriculture,
Sacramento, Calif., was re-elected as the executive committee’s member
at-large. The National Institute for Animal Agriculture began
operations in January 2000. NIAA's
mission is to provide a forum for building consensus and advancing
solutions for animal agriculture and to provide continuing education and
communication linkages for animal agriculture professionals. The organization is dedicated to programs that work
towards the eradication of diseases that pose a risk to the health of
animals, wildlife and humans; promote a safe and wholesome food supply for
our nation and abroad; and promote best practices in environmental
stewardship, animal health and well-being. Members include professionals
engaged in animal agriculture including producers, veterinarians,
scientists, government representatives and business executives. # |