MEET OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND STAFF
Agri-Growth's dedicated staff manages all daily council operations, but receives direction and oversight from an elected Board of Directors. Select contract lobbyists and facilitators also conduct wide-ranging programs and activities for the council's benefit when needed.
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Board of Directors: Executive Committee
Chair: Joe C. Swedberg, vice president, Legislative Affairs, Hormel Foods Corporation
Vice Chair: Kristin Weeks Duncanson, owner, Duncanson Growers
Treasurer: Mike Zumwinkle, director, Government Relations, Cargill
Secretary: Jim Bareksten, director, Governmental Affairs, CHS Inc.
Immediate Past Chair: Paul DeBriyn, president and CEO, AgStar Financial Services
Board Members
Allen J. Anderson, retired, vice president, CHS Inc., and past Council chair
Jack Bernens, head of technology acceptance, Syngenta Seeds, Inc.
Mark Davis, CEO, Davisco Foods International, Inc.
Randall J. Doyal, CEO, Al-Corn Clean Fuel
Meg Freking, CFO and co-owner, New Fashion Pork
Tim Gerlach, director, Minnesota Corn Growers Association
Roger Gilland, owner, Gilland Feedlot, Inc., and Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association
Mike Helgeson, CEO, Gold'n Plump Poultry
Gene Hugoson, commissioner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture (ex officio)
Steven Krikava, director, Government Affairs, Land O' Lakes, Inc.
Jerry Larson, owner, Larson Farms
Al Levine, Ph.D., dean, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences, University of Minnesota (ex officio)
Pat Lunemann, partner and general manager, Twin Eagle Dairy; and president,
Minnesota Milk Producers Association
Ron Offutt, founder and chairman, R.D. Offutt Company
Adolph Ojard, executive director, Duluth Seaway Port Authority
Bill Reilly, vice president strategic sourcing & materials management, Schwan Food Company
Tom Rosen, president and CEO, Rosen's Diversified, Inc.
Nick Sinner, executive director, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association
Michael Swanson, Ph.D., vice president and agriculture economist, Wells Fargo
Jim Winter, vice president of North American Agri Business, ECOLAB
Staff
President: Daryn McBeth
Program Manager: Tony Mondry 
Communications Director: Krystal Caron
Contract Lobbyist: Cory Bennett