AgrIInstitute, a nonprofit organization that prepares leaders to advance agriculture and serve the industry’s related communities, has announced the members who have been accepted into the Indiana Agricultural Leadership Program (ALP). This is the 21st class for the program, which will begin on July 11 and spans over the next two years.
The ALP Class 21 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 21st class of the program, which has been building leadership ability for more than 40 years with nearly 550 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,” said Beth Archer, Executive Director of AgrIInstitute.
Selected to participate in the 21st Class of the Indiana Agricultural Leadership Program are:
· Janice Agarwal
Executive Director/President/Founder
Watch Us Farm, Inc.
· Cord Barricklow
Strategic Account Manager
Corteva Agriscience
· Jason Beck
Talent Acquistion Specialist
Beck’s Hybrids
· Jeremy Bender
Vice President, Agribusiness Lending Manager
Interra Credit Union
· Austin Bohm
Agronomy Regional Sales Manager
Keystone Cooperative
· Mark Caskey
Assistant General Manager
Consolidated Grain and Barge
· Colette Childress
Local Government Policy Advisor
Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc.
· Katie Cook
Vice President, Farm Animal Innovation & US Marketing
Elanco Animal Health
· Gabby DiRusso
Consultant, US Farm Animal Marketing, Beef
Elanco Animal Health
· Matthew Eldridge
Vice President, Commercial & Ag Lending
First Farmers Bank & Trust
· Allie Ellis
Associate Director of Alumni and Supporters
National FFA Organization
· Megan Espinda
Agricultural Liaison
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
· Shawn Gearhart
District Manager
Brock Grain Systems, Div. of CTB, Inc.
· Garrett Kelly
Managing Editor – Digital and Video Content
Indiana Farm Bureau
· Doug Matthys
Farm Manager
Shady Lane Farms
· Samantha Otten
Sr. Human Resources Manager
Bane-Welker Equipment
Otten Family Farms
· Kristal Painter
Chief Operating Officer of Discover Southern Indiana
Program Coordinator of Choose Southern Indiana
Radius Indiana
· Eric Pfeiffer
Vice President
Hoosier Ag Today
· Noah Radde
Indiana Regenerative Ag-Specialist
Archer Daniels Midland Company
· Cora Reinbolt
Ag & Natural Resources and Community Dev. Extension Educator
Purdue Extension – Bartholowmew County
· Joe Schmees
Freshwater Strategy Manager
The Nature Conservancy, Indiana Chapter
· Luke Schnitker
Account Manager
Premier Companies
Schnitker Family Farms
· Andrew Sherman
International Trade Director
Indiana State Dept. of Agriculture
· Thomas Shobe
Swine Production Support
Ag Production Enterprise, Inc.
· Breanna Thompson
Swine Marketing Brand Manager
Elanco Animal Health
· Kelli Werling, DVM
Sr. Director Operations & Director Swine Health, Animal Programs Div.
Indiana State Board of Animal Health
· Jason Wilson
Regional Vice President – Agricultural Sales
Farm Credit Mid-America
· Andrew Winger
Owner/Operator
Winger Farms
For more information about AgriInstitute, visit AgriInstitute.org.
