Bayer Team Additions At R&K

Chuck Zimmerman

Jennie SchutteIt’s good to be home. Now I’ve got some catching up to do. I’ll have a few posts for you yet today but it’ll take a couple days to get everything posted I’d like to. So let’s get started with this announcement from Rhea & Kaiser about additions to their Bayer CropScience team. They’ve added 3 new staff members: Jennie Schutte, David Harding and Brooke Hepler.

“Dave, Jennie and Brooke bring a deep knowledge of agriculture and an impeccable client service ethic to the team,” said Kim Cooke, vice president and account management supervisor at Rhea & Kaiser. “We believe they will help make a strong Bayer team even better.” Schutte (top picture) joins the Bayer CropScience corn/soybean team as account supervisor, overseeing integrated communication campaigns for BALANCE PRO® and RADIUS™ herbicides, LAUDIS and the GROWING STRONG™ REWARDS PROGRAM/corn portfolio. Schutte, who joined Rhea & Kaiser in 2002 as account coordinator, is a graduate of Purdue University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications.

David HardingHarding joins the Bayer CropScience team as a public relations account supervisor, supporting the Bayer CropScience cotton/rice/peanuts portfolio. Since joining Rhea & Kaiser in 2000, Harding has won seven first-place National Agri-Marketing Association awards. Harding received a bachelor’s degree in radio-television-film from the University of Texas and a master’s degree in media communications from Webster University.

Brooke HeplerHepler joins the Bayer CropScience Southern row crop products team as account executive. She joined Rhea & Kaiser in 2004 as an account coordinator. Hepler is a graduate of the University of Missouri–Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture business.


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