Governance
Each year, the AFA Alliance participates in a different training experience. Training topics for the annual meeting are selected by the AFA Alliance Planning Committee. The planning committee is comprised of 8 AFA Alliance members. Committee members serve for two years and are responsible for recruiting members, marketing, fundraising, and general programming.
2008 Planning Committee
Rhett Brengarth

UMB Bank, n.a.
Columbia, MO

Chair

Rachel Mehlhaf
Farm Credit Services of America
Sioux Falls, SD

Secretary/Vice Chair

Jacob Calhoun
Hormel Foods
Stewartville, MN

Membership Chair


Erica Coble
John Deere
Hilliard, OH

Membership Vice Chair

Delvin Higginson
Inergy Propane Company
Olathe, KS

Programming Chair

Casey Mattke
Dow Agri-Sciences
Fort Worth, TX

Programming Vice Chair


Miranda Reiman
Certified Angus Beef, LLC
Manhattan, KS

Communications Chair

Claire Masker
U.S. Pork Center of Excellence
Ames, IA

Communications Vice Chair