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NBA Leadership

Meet the dedicated team at the NBA.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chad Kremer
Immediate Past President
Ken Klemm
President
Jessi Deardorf
Vice President
Ace Ward
Secretary/ Treasurer
Sean Graese
Director at Large
Justin Dorey
International Director
Garrett Brown
Region 1 Director (AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA)
Shawn Bennett
Region 2 Director (CO, WY)
Melinda Anakalea
Region 3 Director (MT, ND, SD)
Stuart Schrag
Region 4 Director (IA, KS, MO, NE)
John Bowron, DVM
Region 5 Director (IL, IN, MI, MN, WI)
Ron Miskin
Region 6 Director (AR, LA, MS, NM, OK, TX)
Dr. Susie Golembeski
Region 7 Director (CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT)
Elizabeth Riffle
Region 8 Director (AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

COMMITEE CHAIRS

Conservation Committee

Pedro Calderon-Dominguez, MT

Ethics Committee

Chad Kremer, SD

Finance Committee

Jessi Deardorf, OK

Graziers Committee

Brett Hewitt, WI

GTSS Consignors Committee

Boyd Meyer, WY

Marketers Committee

Dick Gehring, KS

North American Bison Registry (NABR)

Dr. Gerald Parsons, Acting 

Past Presidents’ Council

Chad Kremer, SD

Science and Research Committee

Dr. Carter Kruse, MT

State/Regional Committee

John Graves

Winter Conference Committee

Beverly Brown, TX

ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF

Jim Matheson
Executive Director
Lydia Whitman
Program Manager
Karen Conley
Bison World Editor
Adam Ulbricht
Program and Communications Coordinator

“Thanks for all your hard work, NBA! It’s reassuring knowing we have such a motivated and well organized group looking out for us producers!”

– Amy Dunn Billings, The Buffalo Lodge

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I joined the NBA to primarily educate myself about bison but I quickly learned I now had a ready resource of experienced bison ranchers willing to help an novice rancher achieve my goals.

– Chris Silver, Gold Coast Bison

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