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Mar 07, 2013
The 2013 class of ASA/DuPont Young Leaders participated in Part 2 of their leadership development training Feb. 26-March 2 in Kissimmee, Fla., in conjunction with Commodity Classic. Young Leaders heard presentations on leadership motivation, the future of agriculture and how to improve soybean and corn yields, networked with their state leaders, and participated in Commodity Classic events. They rounded out their week of personal growth by receiving awards for their outstanding leadership during the ASA Awards Banquet on March 1.
Select Young Leaders from this year’s class will have the opportunity to participate in Part 3 of the program, where they will go to Washington, D.C. and lobby on Capitol Hill before heading to DuPont headquarters for lab tours and meetings with DuPont executives.
The 2013 class of Young Leaders are:
Jamie and Wendy Yeager (Ala.) Ryan and Sara Bell (Ark.) Christopher Worsham (Ga.-Fla.) Lynn Rohrsheib and Doug Kirk (Ill.) Joe and Cheryl Tuholski (Ind.) Todd Lewis (Iowa) Wayne Jeardoe (Kan.) Joanna and Craig Carraway (Ky.) Russell and Erika Rogers (La.) Howard and Sandra Reyburn (Mid-Atl.) Brian and Kim Fruechte (Minn.) Paul and Tanya Crabtree (Mo.)
Shane and Nicole Greving (Neb.) Michael and Renee McPherson (N.C.) Jay and Lisa Gudajtes (N.D.) Jeff and Caitlyn Heimerl (Ohio) Lee and Mary Rogers (S.C.) Craig and Jennifer Converse (S.D.) Hunter Grills (Tenn.) Nicholas Moody (Va.) Jerry and Nicolle Emmert (Wis.) Dave and Lisa Mardlin Vandewalle (Ontario, Canada).
Applications for next year’s Young Leader Program will be accepted beginning on June 1. Click here for more information.
2013 Class of ASA/DuPont Young Leaders(ASA photo by Jim Spelios)
