The Agriculture Future of America Board of Directors has elected to renew board membership of the vice president of Monsanto Global Chemistry. The Board re-elected Vice President Mike Frank at a meeting last month.
Agriculture Future of America (AFA) has selected its new leadership at the Board of Directors meeting on May 22, 2007. The Board of Directors serve a three-year term. Mike Frank, vice president of Monsanto Global Chemistry, was re-elected to his term at this meeting.
AFA’s mission is to create partnerships that identify, encourage and support outstanding college men and women who are preparing for careers in agriculture. Since 1996, AFA has provided leader and career development training to 4,000 college students and young professionals in agriculture.
The AFA board is responsible for developing the organization’s vision and mission, ensuring effective program planning and identifying opportunities for growth within the organization’s objectives.
Mike Frank began his career with Monsanto in 1988. Through his career he has served in a variety of sales, marketing and general management roles. He received an engineering degree from the University of Saskatchewan and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Additional members of the AFA Board of Directors include: Dr. Fred Cholick, dean of the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University; Dr. Marc Johnson, dean of Agricultural Sciences and vice provost at Colorado State University; Carol Keiser Long, owner of C-BAR Cattle Company; Sandy Kemper, CEO of Collector’s Fund and chairman of AFA; Mariner Kemper, chairman and CEO of UMB Financial Corporation; R. Crosby Kemper, emeritus chairman of the board of UMB Financial Corp., and founder of AFA; W.T. Mosier, director of strategic marketing for Deere and Company; Dr. Thomas Payne, vice chancellor and dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and director of the agricultural experiment station at the University of Missouri; Robert Petersen, owner of Petersen Consulting Services; Bailey Regan, vice president and general manager of grain division for Bunge North America; Charles Schroeder, CEO of National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum; Orion Samuelson, agribusiness director of WGN Radio/RFD-TV; William Siebenborn, dairyman and vice chairman of Midwest Dairy Association board of directors; Joshua Sosland, vice president of Sosland Publishing Company; Russell Weathers, president and CEO of AFA; and Greg Webb, vice president of public affairs of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company.