Wisconsin Ag Connection - Geiger Elected President of National Dairy Shrine

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Geiger Elected President of National Dairy Shrine
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 10/23/2009

The associate editor of Hoard's Dairyman magazine in Fort Atkinson has been elected president of the National Dairy Shrine. During the organization's 60th annual meeting, Corey Geiger was elected to the post, in which he becomes the leader of the 18-member board.

Geiger has served as associate editor for the publication since 1995, where he is responsible for a variety of regular columns and coordinates the popular Round Table series and Annual Cow Judging Contest. He also served as an advisor to the Young Dairy Leaders Institute; board member and president of the Wisconsin Holstein Association; newsletter editor and fundraiser for Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity's Madison chapter; and instructor at Badger Dairy Camp.

Meanwhile, Mary Shank Creek, an Ayrshire breeder and dairy producer from Hagerstown, Md., was chosen as president-elect. Other members of the executive committee include Dale Olver, University Park, Pa.; Ken Crandall, Provo, Utah; Erick Metzger, Reynoldsburg, Ohio; and immediate past president Kevin Stiles, Ankeny, Iowa.

During the past year, the organization also added 469 new members to bring the membership roles to 17,600 members from across the U.S. and Canada. And the NDS presented over $40,000 in scholarships to 28 outstanding young people.

For more information about the National Dairy Shrine, call 920-863-6333.

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