Board of Directors
Appointed Voting Directors 7 + 2

3 Dairy Farmers

Term of Office

Peggy Murray

1/1/2011 – 12/31/2013

Martha Aschmann

1/1/2010 -12/31/2012

Paul Mason

1/1/2012-12/31/2014

1 Non-dairy Farmer

Term of Office

Ralph “Tim” Timerman

1/1/2012-12/31/2014

2 Ag Business Representatives

Term of Office

Stephen Sourwine

1/1/2012-12/31/2014

Greg Lake

1/1/2010 -12/31/2012

1 Ag Lending Institution Rep.

Term of Office

Kathryn Canzonier (Board Treasurer)

1/1/2011-12/31/2013

2 Members at large selected by the
Board of Directors at their discretion.

Term of Office

Position 1 – Mark Rayman

1/1/2011 – 12/31/2013

Position 2 – Dan Deon

1/1/2010 -12/31/2012

Ex-officio Voting Members (4)

Jefferson County Farm Bureau Representative
Kurt Gehrke (Board VP)

Chairperson of Jefferson County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board
Doug Shelmidine 

Executive Director of Jefferson County Job Development Corporation
Don Alexander (Secretary of Board)

Chairperson of Jefferson County Board of Legislators or designate
Honorable Barry Ormsby (Board President)

Advisory Agencies

Chairperson of Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District or designate
Harry Potter / Brian Wohnsiedler

President of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County Board of Directors or designate
Kevin Jordan

Executive Director of the Development Authority of the North Country or designate
Jim Wright

Executive Director of the NYS Tug Hill Commission or designate
Katie Malinowski

Economic Development Program Administrator for the Empire State Development Regional Office or designate
John VanDeLoo

Jefferson County Administrator or designate
Bob Hagemann

USDA Farm Service Agency County Committee Representative
Glenn Bullock

FFA representative Belleville Henderson Central School - J.W. Allen