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.
Board of Directors: Executive Committee
Chair: Kristin Weeks Duncanson, owner, Duncanson Growers
Vice Chair: Mike Zumwinkle, director, Government Relations, Cargill
Secretary: Jim Winter, vice president of North American Agri Business, ECOLAB
Treasurer: Steven Krikava, director, Government Relations, Land O' Lakes, Inc.
Immediate Past Chair: Joe C. Swedberg, vice president, Legislative Affairs, Hormel Foods Corporation
Board Members
Jack Bernens, head of technology acceptance, Syngenta Seeds, Inc.
Mark Davis, CEO, Davisco Foods International, Inc.
Paul DeBriyn, president and CEO, AgStar Financial Services
Randall J. Doyal, CEO, Al-Corn Clean Fuel
David Frederickson, commissioner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture (ex officio)
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, GNP Company
Jerry Larson, owner, Larson Farms
Kate Leavitt, director of international sales & marketing, SunOpta Grains & Foods Group
Al Levine, Ph.D., dean, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota (ex officio)
Pat Lunemann, partner and general manager, Twin Eagle Dairy; and president,
Minnesota Milk Producers Association
Adolph Ojard, executive director, Duluth Seaway Port Authority
Steve Peterson, director sourcing sustainability, General Mills, Inc
William 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
Linda Tank, vice president of Marketing Communications, CHS, Inc.
Staff
President: Daryn McBeth
Program Manager: Tony Mondry 
Communications Director: Krystal Caron
Contract Lobbyist: Cory Bennett