The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) extends its gratitude to the members who volunteer their time and expertise to serve on committees. The AFIA committees play a pivotal role in advancing the association’s mission, objectives and programs, ensuring the continued success of the animal feed and pet food industries.
AFIA committee terms generally run from May 1-April 30 each year, and committee members commit to a three-year term. Each of AFIA’s 14 committees represents the interests of specific disciplines and segments within the industry. Together, they support activities and programs that are crucial to AFIA’s legislative, regulatory and global policy efforts and member and meetings services.
Aquaculture Committee
- Steve Lerner, Ph.D., Novonesis Animal and Plant Health
Equine Commitee
- Lynsey Whitacre, BioZyme Incorporated
Equipment Manufacturers Commitee
- Terry Medemblik, Walinga USA
- Logan Snyder, Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.
Global Affairs Commitee
- Paula Duarte-Guevara, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
- Joao Eckhardt, Berg+Schmidt America, LLC
- Brooke Johnson, Ralco Nutrition, Inc.
- Angela Paxton, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.
- Rebecca Quesnell, TransAgra International, Inc.
Ingredient Approvals and Definitions Commitee
- Bernadette Okeke, Lallemand Animal Nutrition
- Kim Pratt, Darling Ingredients Inc.
Liquid Feed Committee
- Rob Hudson, Nutrien
- Mark Robbins, Ridley USA Inc.
- Daniel Schlumpf, Diamond V
- Landis Shoemaker, Midwest Ag Supplements LLC
- Mark Upton, Central Life Sciences
Marketing and Communications Committee
- Justin Chesnut, Elanco Animal Health
- Matt Harper, Nutra Blend, LLC
- Hanbae Lee, Ph.D., Furst-McNess Company
- Joe Natale, Premier Tech Systems and Automation
Nutrition Committee
- Spenser Becker, AB Vista, Inc.
- Jason Frank, International Ingredient Corporation
- Silvia Onetti, Vita Plus Corporation
- Taylor Rauenhorst, SAM Nutrition
- Todd Steen, ProTrition Feed LLC, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative
Pet Food Committee
- Thomas Best, Trouw Nutrition USA, LLC
- Alfredia Johnson, Instinct Pet Food
- Kari Nichols, Eurofins
- Mark Richards, EW Nutrition USA, Inc.
Production Compliance Committee
- Chris Brock, C&S Products Co., Inc.
- Adam Donnelly, Borregaard USA, Inc.
- Sean Galvin, Wenger Feeds, LLC
- Jason Lents, Kent Nutrition Group, Inc.
- Walter Ney, United Animal Health, Inc.
Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Committee
- Timothy Collins, Diversified Ingredients, Inc.
- Renae Cunningham, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
- Eric FitzSimmons, Devenish
Quality and Animal Food Safety Committee
- Becky Horn, Westway Feed Products LLC
- Larry Thompson, Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition
Sustainability Committee
- Colleen Parr Dekker, Elanco Animal Health
- James Gerardot, Kincannon & Reed
For more information on AFIA committees, visit afia.org/committees.
