Executive Vice President, US Poultry & Egg Association, 2004 - 2015

 - Director of the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), one of the top 50 trade shows in the United States

 - Responsible for planning and executing all aspects of the IPPE, in partnership with the American Feed Industry Association & the North American Meat Institute

 - In 2015, the event had over 30,000 attendees with 1,280 exhibitors taking over 490,000 net square feet

 

Vice President, WATT Publishing, 1987 - 2004

 - Managed all sales, production and editorial staff associated with the company's largest and most profitable magazine group

 - Responsible for strategic planning, budgets and financial management

 - Publisher of Broiler Industry, Turkey World, Poultry Digest, Egg Industry, Poultry Tribune, WATT Poultry USA, Who's Who in the Egg & Poultry Industries, Who's Who International, Poultry International, Floriculture, Industria Acivola, WATT Executive Guide to World Poultry Trends, Poultry International: China Edition and International Poultry Expo Guide

 

Director of Marketing and Communications, National Feed Ingredients Association, 1986 - 1987

 - Responsible for marketing and sales planning for membership and meetings

 

Editorial Director, Feed/Trade Group, WATT Publishing, 1978 - 1986

 - Directed all editorial functions related to the publication of Feed Management, Feed International, Petfood Industry, Farm Supplier and Animal Nutrition and Health

 

Consultant for AID / US Department of State, 1978

 - Advisor on a short-term evaluation of the animal nutrition curriculum and program at the agricultural college in the Azores

 

Co-author of the college and industry textbook Feeds and Nutrition with M.E. Ensminger, 1976 - 1978

 

Education

Ph.D., Clemson University, Animal Physiology with a minor in Animal Nutrition

M.S., University of Kentucky, Animal Science

B.S., Cornell University, Animal Science