DIRECTORS/STAFF
Operations
A nine member Board of Directors provides
administrative, policy and programs direction for the American Sheep and Goat
Center. Voting members represent a
diversity of grassroots interests in the production, marketing and financial
management of sheep, goats and their products.
An Executive Administrator carries out the
Center's day-to-day activities. Technical and administrative support is
authorized to be contracted periodically by the Board as needs arise. The Board may also
establish the need to authorize contracts with state and federal agencies.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
Chase T. Hibbard
Chair
Montana
Chase is an active sheep and cattle rancher and
offers ranch management, appraisals and consulting services in Montana. He
has a BA in Political Science from Amherst and an MBA from the University
of San Francisco. Mr. Hibbard has 30 years of financial experience
beginning as a lending officer for Crocker Bank and extending to currently
being a director of Wells Fargo Bank in Helena. He was a member of the
Montana House of Representatives for 4 terms and has served as the
president and past president of numerous local, state and national
organizations. He has served on the governing boards of numerous other
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Clark Willis
Vice Chair
Utah
Clark
Willis has not only been involved in the sheep and cattle industry, but
also has a background as a rural appraiser,
ranch consultant, rural realtor and livestock nutrition specialist..
He has been involved with the sheep, cattle and farming industry his
entire life where he has been the owner/manager of the family sheep and
cattle operation since he purchased it from his father in 1983. His
operation currently includes range
ewes, feeder lambs and irrigated ground that produces alfalfa, barley,
soft white wheat, oats and raspberries. He has a BS in Agricultural
Economics and a Masters in Agricultural Industries from Utah State
University. Clark has a Farm & Ranch Appraisal License, Real Estate
License, and Mortgage Lender License. He has served in many industry
positions including the Utah Agricultural Advisory Board, Utah State
Legislature’s Agricultural Sustainability Task Force, President of the
Utah Wool Growers Association and Board/Council member of the American
Sheep Industry Association.
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Greg Ahart
Secretary-Treasurer
California
.jpg) Greg
grew up on his family’s ranch in Lincoln, CA where he was actively
involved showing sheep, being a student herdsman at UC Davis and gaining
a BS in Agricultural Economics. He joined Superior Farms right after
graduation in June 1995. Greg is presently General Manager of Superior
Farms Dixon Facility. He gained that position after working his way
through the ranks from Quality Control Technician, Fabrication
Supervisor, Case Ready Operations Manager, Plan Manager and now General
Manager. Among his many outside activities including various judging
assignments, Greg is on the Board of Directors of the CA Wool Grower
Association where he serves as Treasurer and is an ASI Committee Member
of the Lamb Council.
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Linda Campbell
Director
Virginia
 Linda
has served as chair of the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.
She runs a large dairy goat operation in Luray, Virginia along with an
internet provider/web hosting company. Linda provides guidance and
help to many operation throughout the United States as well as
Internationally. She has been a long time member of the 6000+
membership American Dairy Goat Association, serving as Chair many times.
She has held numerous conservation and policy positions within the state
of Virginia and serves as a member of the National Animal ID Committee.
Linda brings a unique perspective to the ASGC. |
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Guy R. Flora
Director
Ohio
Guy
Flora is an editor of the Shepherd Magazine, educator and sheep operation
owner-operator in the rich farmland north of Columbus, Ohio. As
immediate past president of ASI, he has vast experience and knowledge of
the U.S. Sheep industry. Mr. Flora has overseen numerous national
initiatives for lamb, wool, sheep health and research.
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Paul P. Lewis
Director
Oregon
Paul
is actively involved in the production of hair sheep in Bonanza, OR. He and his wife have been active partners in the family
ranching and farming operation for 35 years. He has a BS in Mathematics
from Cal. Poly State Univ., San Luis Obispo and extensive financial
training as part of a career with State Farm that spans nearly 40 years. He
has served as the President of the California Wool Growers
Association, President of the local sheep association and past president
of the California Farm Bureau Sheep Committee and the California Suffolk
Sheep Breeders Assn. |
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Dr. Larry Miller
Director
Maryland
Larry Miller has been a part of animal agriculture
since his youth in Illinois. He attended undergraduate and
graduate school in the Midwest with emphasis on animal sciences, biology
and agricultural economics, and provided leadership for the coordination
and administration of research and education in the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC for nearly 38 years. Larry received an
M.S. degree from Kansas State University and a Ph.D. from Purdue
University and has visited every 1862 Land Grant University. He has
been closely allied with the sheep and goat industries over the past two
decades. Dr. Miller represented the Under Secretary of Agriculture
for Research and Economics on the National Sheep Industry Improvement
Center Board of Directors from 1997-2006; administered several USDA
research and education grants supporting the sheep, goat and animal
fiber industries since 1988; and continues an active relationship with
the American Sheep Industry Association and the American Dairy Goat
Association. Upon his retirement from USDA in 2007, Dr. Miller was
selected to serve as the Director of the DISCOVER Conference Series, a
unique forum for the exchange of ideas and issues important to animal
agriculture, sponsored by the American Dairy Science Association.
Larry has an extensive network of contacts including administrators,
scientists, commodity groups, federal agencies, and other stakeholders
valuable to the American Sheep and Goat Center |
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Dr. Tim Turner
Director
Texas
Tim Turner has owned and operated Southwestern Livestock
Mineral Company since 1980 which blends custom free-choice minerals and
premixes for livestock. He is also owner and operator of the T Star Ranch
since 1993 which is rangeland grazing for sheep, cattle, white-tailed deer
and goats. This ranch has been in the Turner family since 1878. Tim also
has served many organizations, both farm related and not. He is currently
a member of the American Sheep Industry's Association's Animal Health
Committee, but has served on the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers'
Association, Texas and Southwestern cattle Raisers' Association, Texas
Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical
Association. He has also been Director of the Southwest Bank, PT A
President, and member of the National Live Stock and Meat Board, the local
school board and the U.S. Foreign Animal Disease Committee.. |
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Tom Watson Director
Oregon
Tom Watson brings a wealth of experience based on a 40-year career with
Superior Farms Livestock and his personal experience as the
owner of a seed stock operation in eastern Oregon, as well as the
knowledge acquired through years of participation in local, state and
national industry organizations. Tom served as National Lamb Feeders
Association President (2003-2005) and represented the association at the
Tri-Nations Lamb Group meetings during that same period. In addition,
Watson is currently serving as a member of the ASI Lamb Council
and the ASI Executive Board. Toms involvement and service at the local
level provides him with a personal network of industry affiliates and
associates, which is even more far reaching as a result of his advisory
position with the annual Howard Wyman Sheep Industry Leadership School
sponsored by NLFA.
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STAFF
Steven Lee
Executive Administrator
Steven is the
Executive Administrator for the
American Sheep and Goat Center. He currently
works from his home in Thomaston, Maine. Steven grew up on a small cotton
farm in Mississippi where he participated in most aspects of farming
development. After a career as a college professor, Steven came to work
for the federal government through the Department of Veterans Affairs Loan
Guaranty Program in Denver, Colorado. While there he gained an extensive
background in financial planning, lending requirements, loan servicing and
real estate development as well as considerable experience in computer
programs associated with the Federal Government. Steven is our IT expert
as well as our Chief Financial Officer/Administrator handling day to day Grant and
Financial Operations as well as managing the Office Operations. |
ASGC
P.O. Box 646
Rockland, ME 04841-0646
Phone: 202-350-9065
Fax: 207-354-4024
e-mail:
stevelee@asgcusa.org
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