Without these dedicated people, the WBFI meetings would be pretty ordinary. If you like to work with groups, destination planning, and the challenges of topics and speakers, this is the committee for you!

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Sarine Weingarten-Garcia
Northern Bag & Box Co.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Debbie Brummell
Essex Topcrop Sales Ltd.

Brian Little
Northern Bag & Box Co.

Jaclyn (Jax) Mann
All Star Trading

Without you, our members, WBFI wouldn't exist. Recruiting new members and verifying membership applications is what this committee is all about. Conference calls are the norm for this group. If you believe in the WBFI and what we do, and you are talking to businesses that would make good WBFI members, this may be a good fit for you!

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Craig Brummell
Essex Topcrop Sales, Ltd.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Curtis Kuntz
Red River Commodities

Dave Netten
All Seasons Wild Bird Store

Jax Mann
All Star Trading

Chris Tribolet
Hawkeye Commodities

Erika Meadows
Mountain States Oilseeds

Shelby Kimball
Duncraft Inc.

Andy Impastato
Gold Crest Distributing

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Rob Gunstone
Ambassador

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Jim Lesch
Wild Birds Unlimited

Dave Demarco
Birds Choice

Zach Hutchinson
Flocking Around

Andy Impastato
Gold Crest Distributing

Anthony Puddu
Armstrong Milling Co

Tiffany Howard
Global Harvest

Erin Lenz
Central Avian/Kaytee

One of the biggest challenges to our businesses is to keep tabs on what's happening and how it will affect our business. This committee does just that. Through conference calls, these people, representing multiple membership categories, discuss the issues and events that may - or may not - affect us. If you're ready to keep tabs on what's happening, this may be a good fit for you!

COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Craig Brummell
Essex Topcrop Sales, Ltd.

Chris Teprovich
All Star Trading

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chris Fedorchuk
Volume Freight

Dave Netten
All Seasons Wild Bird Store

Jim Lesch
Wild Birds Unlimited

Marc Audet
Orenda

Thomas Krueger
Cereal Byproducts Co.

Josh Stasik
ASPEN Song

Dave Demarco
Birds Choice

Keith Harrington
Central Bag Company

Jax Mann
All Star Trading

Ryan Zantingh
Armstrong Milling Co.

Jason Tooze
Volkman Pet

Kevin Michael
Sunrich

Andy Impastato
Gold Crest Distributing

There are those among us who monitor state, provincial, and federal legislative issues every day. If you are one of these people, this is the committee for you! This is the committee that is monitoring the FSMA regulations development. Conference calls are the norm for this group. Are you interested?

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Lorri Chavez
Central Avian/Kaytee

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Curtis Kuntz
Red River Commodities

Mat Pope
Nuts for Wildlife

Farrukh Zain
Agritel Grain

Scientific Industry Response (SIR) Committee responds to industry issues that require expert input and development of resources and information for members at no charge:

• HPAI
• Avian Pox
• Salmonella

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Curtis Kuntz
Red River Commodities

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Randall Putz
Chirp Nature Centers

Brian Cunningham
Wild Birds Unlimited

PARTNERED RESEARCHERS

Zach Hutchinson
Flocking Around

This group has been formed to study and evaluate the Nyjer® market. One of the main goals will be to report on the quality of the Nyjer® based on the location it was produced. Then this group will develop an action plan and a potential response as a recommendation to the WBFI Board. 

For more information about the purpose of this group, please contact: info@wbfi.org 

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Karen Burns
COSMED Group

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Reid Barth
All Star Trading

Chris Ravsten
Mountain States Oilseeds

Prem Grover
Pravesh Exports

John Mendel
I.S.I of Baltimore

Trevor Kukowski
ADM

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Jason Godfrey
Mountain States Oilseeds

Mitch Deere
D&D Commodities Ltd.

Nathan Leckie
Unipet

Lorri Chavez
Central Garden & Pet

Andy Impastato
Gold Crest Distributing

Through the foresight of our Board members in 2005, WBFI developed and adopted quality standards for wild bird feeders. A new version was published in 2025 with the help of the following members:

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Kevin Alferman
Goldcrest

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Heather Weber-Langvardt
Wild Birds Unlimited #023

Jeanne Mauney
WBU - Durham #332

Andy Impastato
Gold Crest Distributing

Through the foresight of our Board members in 2005, WBFI developed and adopted quality standards for wild bird feeders. A new version was published in 2025 with the help of the following members:

COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Jason Godfrey
Mountain State Oil Seeds

Nathan Leckie
Unipet

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Liz Claypoole
Lebsea

Sara Start
Scoular

TJ Collins
Global Harvest

Jason Tooze
Volkman Pet

In 2023, WBFI launched a member Awards Program recognizing the industry's best food product, best feeder, and retailer. In 2024, WBFI opened up the voting process to the public. Voting occurs annually in Q3 ahead of the WBFI Annual Meeting.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Andy Impastato
Gold Crest Distributing

Dave Titterington
Wild Bird Habitat

Colton Gleason
Wildlife Sciences

Farrukh Zain
Agritel

The nominations committee is selected by the WBFI President ahead of each nomination cycle to elect the board of directors. In 2025, the group was composed of:

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Farrukh Zain
Agritel Grain

Curtis Kuntz
Red River Commodities

Kyle Foster
Crossroads Coop

Doug Ziegler
Kalshea

Ryan Zantingh
Armstrong Milling Co.