| |
About the
Speakers
Keynote Speakers:
|
Biographical
sketch:
Jim Dickrell
Jim Dickrell was named editor of
Dairy Today in 1989 and associate
publisher in 2007, and is based in
Monticello, MN, northwest of
Minneapolis. He has 27 years of
publication experience, and also
operated his family’s Wisconsin
family dairy farm for three years
following graduation from the
University of Wisconsin—River Falls.
He also holds a Masters Degree from
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. In
addition to traveling extensively
within the United States covering
the dairy industry, he has visited
Europe, Canada and Mexico on
numerous assignments for Dairy
Today. |
Dickrell is a past president of
the National Mastitis Council, a
2,000-member research and education
organization dedicated to improving
milk quality around the world. He is
also a past president of the
American Agricultural Editors
Association, an AAEA Master Writer,
and winner of dozens of writing
awards. He is a recipient of
Mid-America Dairymen’s Salute Award
for excellence in agricultural
communications and Farm Journal’s
Wilmer Atkinson Award.
He is actively involved in his local
Lions Club and Catholic Church. He
is also an avid cyclist and runner,
logging some 1,200 miles annually,
and a rabid, Green Packer fan and
owner.
He and his wife, Mary, have one
daughter. |
|
 Biographical
sketch:
Gary F. Sipiorski
Gary joined the Vita Plus
Corporation team on October 1, 2008
a 350 plus employee owned nutrition
firm based in Madison, Wisconsin.
He was a local and state FFA officer
from Denmark, Wisconsin. In 1973 he
graduated from the University of
Wisconsin at River Falls with a
degree in Animal Science. Gary was
in the feed industry working for
eighteen years working with feed
dealers and consultants making over
1,000 calls on dairy farms a year.
Gary spent seventeen years with
the Citizens State Bank of Loyal as
an agricultural loan officer and
worked his way up to President and
CEO where he serves on the Board of
Directors. He graduated from the
Graduate School of Banking in
Austin, Texas. He did business
primarily with dairy producers in
central Wisconsin and throughout the
state. Actively involved in the
state of Wisconsin, he has served on
the Board of Directors of the
Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program.
Gary served as state and national
director of the Independent
Community Bankers of America and
chair on the national agricultural
committee.
|
Gary chaired the advisory
board of the University of Wisconsin
at River Falls and is an emeritus
member of the Board of Visitors
advisory board for the University of
Wisconsin-Madison College of
Agriculture and Life Science. He
chaired the Governor’s Task Force on
Growing Agriculture in Wisconsin. In
January 2008 he was asked to be on
the advisory committee on
Agriculture and Industry for the
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He
is a meeting advisor for the
Professional Dairy Producers of
Wisconsin and writes for Hoard’s
Dairyman and many other agricultural
publications. Gary has given many
presentation in Wisconsin, the U.S.
and internationally.
Gary has been married to his wife
Linda for thirty-seven years. They
have three adult children. |
Download The Program Here:
 
|
|
