Board of Directors

Your OABA Officers and Board of Directors consist of fifteen (15) individuals who are your fellow OABA members or employees of OABA members of the association. They represent various segments of the agribusiness industry in Ohio. They contribute their time, experience and expertise, without compensation, for the good of the industry and the Association.

Herb Mayer

BOARD CHAIR
Officer Term expires: 4/30/2014 

Turf and Ornamental
Trupointe Cooperative Inc.
PO Box 189 415 Bellbrook Avenue
Xenia, OH 45385-0189
PH: (937) 372-3541
Fax: (937) 372-3141

Jill Boyd

VICE CHAIR
Officer Term Expires:  4/30/2016
Represents: Fertilizer Industry

Territory Sales Manager
Morral Companies LLC
132 Postle St.
Morral, OH 43377
PH: (740) 465-3751
Fax: (740) 465-9781

David C. Barrett

DIRECTOR
First Term expires: 4/30/2013
Represents: Member-at-Large

Attorney at Law and Partner
Barrett, Easterday, Cunningham & Eselgroth LLP
7269 Sawmill Road
Dublin, OH 43016-9021
PH: (614) 210-1840
Fax: (614) 210-1841

Walter Burd

DIRECTOR
First Term Expires:  4/30/2012
Represents: Agrichemical Industry

Purchasing Manager
Town & Country Co-op
813 Clark Ave.
Ashland, OH 44805
PH: (419) 289-0408
Fax: (419) 281-9806

David Case

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires:  4/30/2014
Represents: Seed Industry  

Bayer CropScience
PO Box 477
Enon, OH 45323-0477
PH: (937) 239-0924
Fax: (937) 864-7522

James H. "Jim" Collins

DIRECTOR
First Term Expires:  4/30/2012
Represents: Member at Large

Vice President
GVM West, Ltd.
4341 Sandhill Rd.
Bellevue, OH 44811
PH: (800) 848-8460
Fax: (800) 541-0755

Jack Heim

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires:  4/30/2014
Represents: Grain Industry  

General Manager
Menncograin, A Div of the Mennel Milling Company
233 South Sandusky Ave.
Upper Sandusky, OH 43351
PH: (419) 294-2337
Fax: (419) 294-4966

Paul Kalmbach

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires:  4/30/2012
Represents: At Large Member

President
Kalmbach Feeds Inc.
7148 State Highway 199
Upper Sandusky, OH 43351-0038
PH: (419) 294-3838
Fax: (419) 294-4130

Paul Riehm

DIRECTOR
First Term Expires:  4/30/2012
Represents: Grain Industry

Grain Merchant
Bunge North America Inc.
605 Goodrich Road
P.O. Box 369
Bellevue, OH 44811
PH: (419) 483-5499
Fax: (419) 483-3804

Mark Sunderman

DIRECTOR
First Term expires: 4/30/2013
Represents: Fertilizer Industry

President/CEO
Deshler Farmers Elevator
114 W Maple St
PO Box 226
Deshler, OH 43516-0226
PH: (419) 278-3015
Fax: (419) 278-8305

Andy Swerlein

DIRECTOR
First Term expires 04/30/2013
Represents: Feed Industry

General Manager
Luckey Farmers Inc
1200 W Main St
PO Box 217
PH: (419) 849-2711
Fax: (419) 849-2720

Reid Thompson

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires:  4/30/2012
Represents: Seed Industry

Partner
Thompson Seed Farm Inc.
4920 Defiance Trail
Delphos, OH 45833-8801
PH: (419) 692-1946
Fax: (419) 692-3915

John Ward

DIRECTOR
Second term expires 04/30/2013
Represents: Member-At-Large

President
ABIS/JH Ward Agency
PO Box 98
Unionville Center, OH 43077
PH: (614) 873-3333
FX: (614) 873-3133
TF: (800) 831-3037

Dave Wurm

DIRECTOR
Second term expires 04/30/2014
Represents: Agrichemical Industry

Rosen's
6265 Ross Bend
Dublin, OH 43016
PH: (614) 313-4900
Fax: (614) 873-2679

Thomas Zitter

DIRECTOR
Second term expires 04/30/2014
Represents:  Feed Industry

Owner
Big K Mills, Inc.
2485 Sharpsburg Road
Ft. Recovery, OH 45846-9801
PH: (419) 375-4578
Fax: (419) 375-4890