Member Organizations

Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives

• Ashley Graham, member services manager (agraham@aiec.coop)

CHS

• Amy Rietkerk, CHS stewardship coordinator (amy.rietkerk@chsinc.com)
• Jake Hamlin, state government affairs director (jake.hamlin@chsinc.com)

CHS/Shipman

• *Randy Broady, general manager (randy.broady@chsinc.com)

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

• John Rassi, principal (john.rassi@claconnect.com)

CoBank

• Kent Erhardt, vice president, lead relationship manager (kerhardt@cobank.com)
• *Terri Schuler, credit officer (tschuler@cobank.com)

Farm Credit Illinois

• Beth Bolger, public relations specialist (beth.bolger@farmcreditil.com)
• *Aimee Poskin, public relations (aimee.poskin@farmcreditil.com)

Compeer Financial

GROWMARK

• Karen Jones, youth and cooperative education specialist (kjones@growmark.com)
• *Amy Bradford, corporate relations manager (abradford@growmark.com)

IAA Credit Union

• Brian McGill, supervisor, marketing and member development (bmcgill@iaacu.org)

Illinois Association of Community College Agricultural Instructors (IACCAI)

• Terry Wilkerson, president (wilkersont@rlc.edu)

Illinois Department of Agriculture

Illinois Farm Bureau

• Vanessa Gould, membership & program specialist (vgould@ilfb.org)
• *Jenny Webb, membership & program manager (jwebb@ilfb.org)

Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs

• Sean Park, manager, Illinois Cooperative Development Center (spark@wiu.edu)

Illinois Milk Producers’ Association

• Tasha Bunting, Illinois Milk Producers’ Association Manager (tbunting@ilfb.org)
• **Jim Fraley, Retired

Illinois State University

• Lucas Maxwell, Department of Agricultural Education (ldmaxwe@ilstu.edu)

Land O’Lakes

• Aaron McManaway

Mid America Cooperative Council

• Rod Kelsay, executive director (rodkelsay@macc.coop)

Neighborhood Co-op Grocery

• Francis Murphy, general manager (francis@neighborhood.coop)

Southern Illinois University

• Susan Graham, coordinator (sgraham@siu.edu)
• *Dr. Bill Banz, interim dean (banz@siu.edu)

University of Illinois

• Dr. Peter Goldsmith, professor of agricultural strategy (pgoldsmi@uiuc.edu)
• *Nicholas Paulson, assistant professor of agricultural finance (npaulson@uiuc.edu)

USDA Rural Development

• Molly Hammonds, business and cooperative programs specialist (molly.hammonds@il.usda.gov)

Value-Added Sustainable Development Center

• Diana Blue, economic development specialist (dl-blue@wiu.edu)

Western Illinois University

• Andrew Baker, School of Agriculture director (aj-baker@wiu.edu)

* – denotes alternate members

** – denotes emeritus members