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LINCOLN - The Nebraska Soybean Association (NSA) elected its 2010 officers & directors during their annual meeting held in Lincoln on December 2nd, 2009 at the 5th annual Nebraska Ag Classic and presented the Soy Promoter Award.
Scott Richert of Gresham, NE was elected as NSA President. Richert begins his first term as President and oversee the functions of the state organization. Richert, a LEAD 21 fellow, previously served as Vice President of NSA. Richert said "My goal is to continue to increase membership by communicating the value of belonging to the Nebraska Soybean Association."
Geoff Ruth of Rising City, NE was elected vice-president. Ruth serves as the district 4 director for NSA. Rodney Smith of DeWitt, NE was re-elected to serve as Treasurer and he currently serves as the district 6 director. Elected to serve as Secretary of NSA was Diane Becker of Madison, NE who represents an At-Large district. Debbie Borg of Allen, NE now serves as chairman of the Association
Elected to fill the district 5 director position vacated by Rich Bartek of Ithaca (now serving on the NE Soybean Checkoff board) was Dennis Fujan of Prague. Beau Bearnes of Central City was elected to represent an At Large seat. Jim Stewart of Lincoln completed his final term as an At-Large director. Elected to a fill the remaining term as a state director representing District 7 is Ken Boswell of Shickley.
This year’s recipient of the Nebraska Soybean Association Promoter Award was awarded to Mike Maranell with Ag Processing of Omaha, NE. In his 25 years of service to AGP, Mike currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Corporate & Member Relations. Not only does he work with the farmer leaders in the AGP cooperative system, he continually shows support of the mission and activities of the NE Soybean Association. He understands the importance of developing effective leaders to lead the soybean and other ag industries. In addition to leadership support he provides to the NSA, he also serves as a member to the Nebraska LEAD board of directors and NE Cooperative Council.
This award is presented annually to recognize and thank an individual who has shown outstanding leadership and given many hours of their time to the betterment of the soybean industry.
NSA is a statewide, not-for-profit, grassroots membership organization and states its mission is to improve the competitiveness and profitability of Nebraska soybean producers. NSA is one of 26 soybean producing states affiliated with the American Soybean Association. Become a fan of NSA on Facebook.
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