Agriculture is at the heart of Indiana’s economy, and developing leaders for this essential, complex industry starts with people stepping forward to advance their skills . Thirty promising industry members have been selected to participate in the Indiana Agricultural Leadership Program (ALP), sponsored by AgrIInstitute, to further develop their leadership capacity. During the two-year program, ALP class members will attend 12 seminars held throughout Indiana, travel to Washington D.C. to meet with national leaders, and spend two weeks in a foreign country studying international issues.
This group represents the 17th class of the program, which has been building leadership ability for more than 32 years with more than 440 program graduates. A wide variety of agricultural interests and industries are represented in the new class members who went through an extensive application and interview process to be selected for this highly acclaimed professional development opportunity.
Class members include:
Jason Baird, Indiana Care Plus and Baird Ranch, Greencastle
Amy Berg, IceMiller, Indianapolis
Gary Book, Farm Credit Mid-America, Palymra
Stephanie Burton, Dow AgroSciences, Zionsville
Meredith Cobb, Purdue University, Fowler
Amanda Deering, Purdue University, Lafayette
Sara Delbecq, Brechbill Farms, Auburn
Kelly Delp, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Megan DeVelvis, Dow AgroSciences, Zionsville
Chris Eck, Eck Family Farm, Union City
Orville Haney, Haney Hilltop Holsteins, LLC, Akron
Mandy Hazlett, National FFA, Indianapolis
Jennie Hodgen, Merck Animal Health, Roachdale
Taylor Kessie, JBS United, Colombia City
Rob LaFollette, CGB Enterprises, Inc., Evansville
Jessica Lehman, Farm Credit Mid-America, Monroe
Brady Lingenfelter, Perdue Farms, Loogootee
Marc Roberts, Crop Resource Center, Crawfordsville
Nicole Roberts, Elanco, Fishers
Courtney Rude, Sandbox, Indianapolis
Ryan Sanders, Monsanto, Angola
Shermika Duerson, Elanco, Indianapolis
Mark Schmitt, Beck’s Superior Hybrids, Haubstadt
Hans Schmitz, Purdue Cooperative Extension, Gibson County, Cynthiana
Brooke Smith, Cargill, Danville
David Smith, North Central Co-op, Kokomo
Lesli Stasiek, Elanco, Fishers
Hannah Vorsilak, Indiana Soybean Alliance, Indiana Corn Marketing Council, Westfield
Ben Wicker, Indiana Pork, Milroy
Michael Wilson, Grain Processing Corp., Petersburg
For more information about AgrIInstitute and its programs, visit our website at www.agriinstitute.org