State Grain and Feed Association Executives Celebrate KGFA's Tom Tunnell Retirement

Source: Grainnet

After 37 years with the Kansas Grain and Feed Association (KGFA), President and CEO Tom Tunnell plans to retire effective March 31, 2018.

Tunnell was honored during a special dinner held by his fellow state grain and feed association executives during the National Grain and Feed Association's 2017 Country Elevator Conference Dec. 3-5 in Louisville, KY.

Seated at the table, from left: Tunnell, KGFA president emeritus; Bob Zelenka, executive director, Minnesota Grain and Feed Association; Jeff Adkisson, executive vice president, Grain and Feed Association of Illinois; Chris Henney, president and CEO, Ohio Agribusiness Association; Tara Artho, president and CEO, Texas Grain and Feed Association; Laura Lemke, assistant executive director, Minnesota Grain and Feed Association; Kristi Block, executive vice president, Nebraska Grain and Feed Association; Tom Bressner, executive director, Wisconsin Agri-Business Association; Ron Seeber, new president, KGFA; Amy Cornell, president, Indiana Grain and Feed Association; Stu Letcher, executive vice president, North Dakota Grain Dealers Association; and Jim Byrum, president, Michigan Agri-Business Association.