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Dave Green, ADM Milling Co., is the 2011‐2012 chair of the Wheat Foods Council (WFC). “Dave has been a great asset to our Board as vice chairman. His common sense, financial acumen, and sense of humor will be important leadership assets as we move forward with an exciting new public relations plan focusing on the nutrition community,” said Judi Adams, WFC president.
Green currently serves as director of quality control and laboratory services at ADM Milling Co. For the past 24 years, he has overseen corporate quality programs for ADM Milling facilities in the U.S. His responsibilities include crop surveys, wheat blends, customer correspondence and specifications. He directs the mill laboratory managers and corporate laboratory in Overland Park, KS. Previous to ADM, Green served as crop scout flour miller and mill lab technician with International Multifoods. A native of Akron, OH, he holds a B.S. degree from Ohio State University. Green is a member of the American Association of Cereal Chemists, the American Society of Baking, and the Wheat Quality Council.
Other officers are:
Vice Chair ‐ Brent Robertson, Nebraska Wheat Board. Robertson was the WFC’s treasurer/ secretary and liaison to the Grain Foods Foundation marketing committee in 2010‐2011. He and his wife Amy farm in Perkins, Lincoln, and Chase Counties, NE. They raise irrigated and dry land wheat and corn. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and is a member of the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association and Nebraska Farm Bureau.
Treasurer/Secretary – Erica Olson, North Dakota Wheat Commission. Olson started working with the North Dakota Wheat Commission in 2006, joining the staff as marketing specialist. Her duties include promotion activities for foreign buyers including trade team arrangements, providing quality and supply and demand information to customers, statistical and market analysis, providing marketing information to producers and assisting with communication efforts. She grew up on a family farm near Mohall, ND, and received her bachelor and master’s degrees from North Dakota State University.
Immediate Past Chair – David Moore, Texas Wheat Producers Board. Moore, a native of Dumas, TX, is acommodity broker at Tejas Trading in Amarillo, TX, and a managing partner of Moore Farms. He has beena member of the Texas Wheat Producers Board and the Texas Wheat Producers Association since 1993, and has an extensive background in agriculture including the production of wheat, corn, alfalfa, and milo in addition to raising cattle. Over the years, he has served as a producer representative and leader on many local, state and national boards and committees including the Wheat Foods Council, National Association of Wheat Growers, U.S. Wheat Associates, International Grains Program and the National Cattleman’s Beef Association. Moore is a 1981 graduate of Texas Tech University.
The Wheat Foods Council is a nonprofit organization formed in 1972 to help increase public awareness of grains, complex carbohydrates, and fiber as essential components of a healthful diet. The Council is supported voluntarily by wheat producers, millers, and related industries. For more information, visit www.wheatfoods.org
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