The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) has named four recipients of the 2014 Professional Development Awards of Excellence. These awards honor NAMA members based on outstanding achievement in four professional development areas including: marketing communications, public relations, product/species management and sales.

Award winners include:
Marketing Communications Award of Excellence
Ryan Rarking, marketing communications manager, Beck’s Hybrids
Public Relations Award of Excellence
Lisa Adams, principal, public relations, Sage Virtual Communications
Product/Species Management Award of Excellence
Kelly Smith, product management administrator, Kuhn North American, Inc.
Sales Award of Excellence
Gary Vorpahl, Hoard’s Dairyman

These professional development awards of excellence will be presented at the 2014 NAMA Fall Conference in Chicago, IL. The honorees will receive their awards during a morning session on Wednesday, September 17, at The Hotel Chicago. For more information on the Professional Development Awards visit, http://nama.org/awards/pdaawards.htm.