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Officers
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First Vice Chairman
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David R. HoogmoedSecond Vice Chairman
Chairman
Elected as the NGFA's chairman was Tom Coyle, general manager of Chicago & Illinois River Marketing LLC, Chicago, Ill., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidera Holdings B.V. In this capacity, Coyle oversees the company's grain origination and marketing, and the operations of its two export facilities located in Illinois and Wisconsin, one of which is the largest delivery warehouse for Chicago Board of Trade futures. Nidera, established in 1920, consists of two major holdings - Nidera Handelscompagne B.V., an international trading entity headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with operations in France, Spain, Singapore and the United Kingdom; and Nidera S.A., headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is involved in seed, fertilizer and agrichemical businesses. Coyle has served as chairman of the NGFA's Risk Management Committee since 1998. The committee represents the interests of grain hedgers and users of the nation's futures markets. He also serves as a member of the NGFA's Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and has served as an arbitrator.
Coyle began his grain industry career with the former Continental Grain Co.
in 1976, where he eventually became vice president of origination for its North
American Grain Division in Chicago. During his career with Continental Grain,
he also worked as a facility manager, regional merchandiser, soybean trading
manager, regional manager (in Minneapolis, Minn.), assistant general manager
(Kansas City, Mo), and as vice president of marketing and business development.
He is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago, and received his masters in
business administration from The University of Dayton (Ohio).
First Vice Chairman
Elected as NGFA's new first vice chairman was Harold Reed. Reed heads the Grain Division within the Agriculture Group at The Andersons Inc., a diversified company founded in 1947. As such, he oversees the operations of 13 grain elevators with a combined storage capacity exceeding 85 million bushels. The Andersons' grain facilities handle more than 170 million bushels of grain annually, primarily in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. The division also merchandises substantial additional quantities of grains and oilseeds, primarily in the Eastern Corn Belt.
With the NGFA, Reed also serves as a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
He began his career at The Andersons Inc. in January 1980 as a certified public accountant. He subsequently held various accounting, operational and marketing positions within the company's Grain Division. He was named vice president and general manager of the Grain Division in 1998, and became division president in January 2001.
An Ohio native, Reed is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with an undergraduate degree in accounting. He received his masters in finance from The University of Toledo. He is active in the community, serving on several business and philanthropic boards.
President
Kendell has served as the NGFA's top executive staff officer since March 1987. As chief operating officer, he is responsible for implementing the policies of the Board of Directors and for planning, coordinating and implementing the NGFA's programs, services and budget. He was vice president and corporate secretary/treasurer from 1985-87. In that capacity, he administered the operation of the NGFA's unique and time-honored Trade Rules and Arbitration System.
A native of Oklahoma, Kendell joined the NGFA staff in 1980 as director of economic services. An economist, he has a background in a wide range of public policy issues, including government commodity, agricultural policy and storage programs; international trade; domestic grain markets; and livestock marketing. He earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University. He is a member of the American Agricultural Economics Association and the American Society of Association Executives.