Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Penterman, Kinnard, Hippen, Crave, Bodart, Fetzer, Collins, Siegenthaler, Nagel, North
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/12/2020
Thorp Farmer Re-elected to DBA Board (Penterman - 2020)
Members of the Dairy Business Association (DBA) re-elected three members to fill open positions on their board of directors Jan. 22 at the group’s annual business meeting. The meeting took place during DBA’s Dairy Strong conference.
Amy Penterman, DBA’s president-elect, was one of those re-elected. Penterman owns and operates Dutch Dairy in Thorp with her husband. She has worked as a crop insurance agent for 19 years and was in farm lending for 15 years.
Also re-elected was Lee Kinnard, the group‘s secretary. Kinnard owns and operates Kinnard Farms in Casco with his family and is a board member for Peninsula Pride Farms, a farmer-led watershed conservation group in Kewanee and southern Door counties. He also played a leading role in the formation of the Dairy Strong Sustainability Alliance and serves on its newly formed board of directors.
Jack Hippen was the third board member to be re-elected. He is the North America manager for STgenetics and has been involved in the diary equipment and dairy genetics industries for 25 years.
Other DBA board members include Tom Crave, president; Steve Bodart, treasurer; Paul Fetzer; Kevin Collins, Greg Siegenthaler; Bob Nagel; and Mike North president emeritus.
