WBFI Committees
Learn more about each of the WBFI committees and the members that keep our initiatives active.
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!
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COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Jody Locke
Scoular
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
Grant Toellner
Gold Crest Distributing
Mike Wulf
Central Avian/Kaytee
Chris Tribolet
Hawkeye Commodities
Kacy Gehring
Mountain States Oilseeds
Shelby Kimball
Duncraft Inc.
COMMITTEE CHAIR
Rob Gunstone
Turtle Mountain Seed
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Jim Lesch
Wild Birds Unlimited
Dave Demarco
Birds Choice
Mike Wulf
Central Avian/Kaytee
Zachariah Hutchinson
Flocking Around
Emily Freeman
Cental Avian/Kaytee
Anthony Puddu
Armstrong Milling Co
Angie Kearne
Global Harvest
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.
Rob Mann
All Star Trading
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Chris Fedorchuk
Volume Freight
Chris Teprovich
All Star Trading
Dave Netten
All Seasons Wild Bird Store
Jim Lesch
Wild Birds Unlimited
Jody Locke
Scoular
Marc Audet
Delmar Commodities
Thomas Krueger
Cereal Byproducts Co.
Dave Demarco
Birds Choice
Jason Tooze
Volkman Pet
Grant Toellner
Gold Crest Distributing
Christy Ogurek
Prince Corp
Through the foresight of our Board members in 2005, WBFI developed and adopted quality standards for wild bird feed and wild bird feeders. This committee monitors our definitions and makes recommendations for additional definitions or updates to existing definitions from time to time. Conference calls are the norm for this group. If you monitor to the quality aspects of your products, you're a good fit for this committee. Shall we add your name?
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 CHAIRS
Lorri Chavez
Central Avian/Kaytee
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Curtis Kuntz
Red River Commodities
Mat Pope
Nuts for Wildlife
A library of white papers is in development as of the spring of 2017. When complete, it will offer WBFI Members access to papers prepared by a scientist that give you information on the diseases that affect wild bird populations. Papers in development include:Avian Influenza
- Avian Pox
- Salmonella
- Listeria
- Mycoplasmosis
You will use these papers for information to structure a response when one of these wild bird diseases breaks out in your area or in an area in which you have customers. These will be provided at no charge to WBFI members.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Curtis Kuntz
Red River Commodities
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Randall Putz
Chirp Nature Centers
Emily Freeman
Central Avian/Kaytee
Brian Cunningham
Wild Birds Unlimited
PARTNERED RESEARCHERS
Jenna McCullough
UNM
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
Reid Barth
All Star Trading
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
William Van Hoorn
Central Garden & Pet
Chris Ravsten
Mountain States Oilseeds
Karen Burns
COSMED Group
Prem Grover
Pravesh Exports
Bill Meadows
Mountain States Oilseeds
Task Force
This group will formulate advertising packages that offer member-companies the opportunity to promote their company through WBFI year-around. Additionally, those involved would help re-establish the WBFI communications strategy and make a recommendation to the WBFI Board. Then the WBFI staff would implement a regular strategic marketing plan, utilizing the Joy Riot assets being developed.
For more information about the purpose of this group, please contact: info@wbfi.org
COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jody Locke
Scoular
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Gary Shields
Central Bag Company
Tim Thompson
Cereal Byproducts Co
For more information about the purpose of this group, please contact: info@wbfi.org
Karen Hubben
Classic Brands
Abdul Azeem Farooqi
Agritel Grain
Dave Netten
All Seasons Wild Bird Store
Don Corr
Wagner's LLC
Tim Thompson
Cereal Byproducts Company
Chris Teprovich
All Star Trading
Jody Locke
Scoular Canada
Jim Lesch
Wild Birds Unlimited
For more information about the purpose of this group, please contact: info@wbfi.org
COMMITTEE CHAIR
Keith Harrington
Central Bag Company
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Jody Locke
Scoular Canada
Grant Toellner
Gold Crest Distributing