New Leadership for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board

The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) has chosen its 2017 board electees, selecting who will lead the organization through the next fiscal year, which began July 1 and will conclude June 30, 2017.

“The WMMB Board of Directors is comprised of 25 dairy farmers who are elected by their peers for three-year terms,” the company explains about its election process. The Directors are then tasked with setting policies and procedures, supervising business affairs, and approving annual budgets.

According to a WMMB press release, the following seats have now been filled:

• Board Chair: Connie Seefeldt (Coleman, District 2) 
• Vice Chair: Dean Strauss (Sheyboygan Falls, District 18)
• Secretary: Steven Sternweis (Marshfield, District 8)
• Treasurer: Jay Stauffacher (Darlington, District 23)
• Chair, Communications Committee: Jeff Strassburg (Wittenburg, District 9)
• Chair, Channel Management Committee: Ken Heiman (Marshfield, District 12)
• Chair, Policy/Bylaw Committee: Kay Zwald (Hammond, District 5)
• Chair, Center for Dairy Research (CDR) Liaison Committee: David Bangart (Greenwood, District 7)

WMMB’s overall mission as a nonprofit organization of Wisconsin dairy producers is to promote the consumption of milk, cheese, and other dairy products made in “America’s Dairyland.”

For more information about WMMB programs and promotions, visit www.WMMB.com.