GOVERNANCE
Select Sires Member Cooperative is guided and led by a board of dedicated member-owners. Every member has a voice in the direction and future of the cooperative with voting rights and board or committee participation. Below are the current board members representing our membership.
SSMC Executive Board
JERRY LANTING
Executive Board Member
District 1 - Washington
BRAD LINDHARDT
Executive Board Member
District 1 - Idaho
BRENT CZECH
Advisory Executive Board Member
District 2 - Minnesota
DOUG ODE
Executive Board Member
District 2 - South Dakota
CAREY TWETEN
Executive Board Member
District 2 - Minnesota
MARK HENRY
Treasurer
District 3 - Ohio
BEN DICKMAN
Executive Board Member
District 4 - Arizona
BRETT GIBBONS
Vice President
District 4 - Utah
JASON GOFF
Secretary
District 5 - New Mexico
CHAD STEINBERGER
President
District 5 - Texas
JAY FULTON
Executive Board Member
District 7 - Oklahoma
CHUCK WENDEL
Executive Board Member
District 8 - Ohio
SSMC Board Members
- RANDY KORTUS, WA - District 1
- JASON SHEEHAN, WA - District 1
- MARK TATARKA, MT - District 1
- CARL CARLSON, MN - District 2
- KEVIN FOSSUM, IA- District 2
- ANDREW GOLBERG, MN - District 2
- SCOTT BRENNER, IL - District 3
- STEVE BUSCHUR , OH - District 3
- WILLIAM INDOE, OH - District 3
- RANDALL KIKO, OH - District 3
- JEREMY KINSLOW, KY - District 3
- JONATHON DEGROOT, CA - District 4
- FRANK LEONARDO, CA - District 4
- BOB VANDER POEL, CA - District 4
- DAVID WESTSTEYN, CA - District 4
- JERIMIAH LUNGWITZ, CO - District 5
- THOMAS MEYER, OK - District 5
- JENS STEENBEEK, TX - District 5
- GABRIEL CONNEALY, NE - District 6
SSMC Governance Map
Calendar of Events
- Oct. 1 - SSMC Director applications due.
- Nov. 16 - Director ballots to be mailed to member-owners.
- Dec. 4 - Postmark deadline for member-owners to return Director ballots.
- Jan. 2027 - Results of Director election sent to membership.
- Mar. 2027 - New Directors seated at the SSMC Annual Meeting.