NGFA accepted the following 36 individuals into its 2024-25 class of the Committee Apprentice Program (CAP). Congratulations!
• Megan Dickard, Tyson Foods
• Adam Gerdes, Consolidated Grain and Barge
• Mackenzie Lewis, CoBank
• Martin Griffith, Pacificor LLC
• Andy Wellsandt, Ritzville Warehouse Co.
• Brett Harrison, Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc.
• Wyatt Saeugling, POET Grain
• Rudy Weitze, Columbia Grain
• Patrick Yerxa, Ritzville Warehouse Company
• Jordan Brown, Westway Feed Products LLC
• William Steffel, CHS Inc.
• Clayton Charles, FS Grain LLC
• Lawson Hemberger, MKC and Producer Ag
• Adeline Shotts, Farmers Business Network
• Blake Buckner, Degesch America Inc.
• Kendra Dauer, StoneX Financial Inc.
• Sam Johnson, Aurora Cooperative
• Jack Saladino, ADM
• Trevor Gersch, Ceres Global Ag Corp.
• Dylan Matthews, Marex
• Bennett Dettlinger, Consolidated Grain and Barge
• Jennifer Grote, The Andersons, Inc.
• Collin Ryan, AGI – Ag Growth International
• Hugo VanRoessel, ADM
• Luke Leder, John Stewart & Associates
• Elijah Wolfe, Scoular
• Elyse Harris, ADM
• Dennis Kinkead, Tyson Food Inc.
• Cody Lewis, Archer Daniels Midland
• Tanner Roe, CHS Inc.
• Kaitlan Timmermans, Ingredion
• Reid Drenth, R.J. O’Brien
• Emma Huey, American Commercial Barge Line
• Brock Lucas, Louis Dreyfus Company LLC
• Jackson Rooney, Viterra
• Lee Sabata, Scoular
CAP is designed to develop future leaders within the industry and the NGFA by allowing early-career professionals to become apprenticed to an NGFA committee. Preference is given to employees of active NGFA member firms with at least five but less than 10 years of industry experience. Once appointed, apprentices participate fully in all committee activities, including meetings, conference calls and email exchanges. More than 180 professionals have participated in NGFA’s CAP since 2014!
CAPs will attend the upcoming NGFA events:
• 128th annual convention on March 17-19, 2024, in Orlando, Fla.
• 2024 Summer Legislative Fly-In/CAP DC Experience on June 3-5 in Washington, D.C.
• CEC 2024 on Dec. 10-12 in Kansas City, Mo.
• 129th annual convention on March 9-11, 2025, in Carlsbad, Calif.
• Additional committee-specific meetings may be scheduled throughout the year.