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NAWG Officers

Wayne Hurst, President
Erik Younggren, First Vice President
Bing Von Bergen, Second Vice President
Paul Penner, Secretary-Treasurer
Jerry McReynolds, Immediate Past President

NAWG Staff Members

NAWG staff members can be contacted at 202-547-7800, at wheatworld@wheatworld.org or via individual e-mail addresses listed on their bio pages.

Dana Peterson, Chief Executive Officer
Mark Gaede, Director of Government Affairs for Environmental Policy
Jane DeMarchi, Director of Government Affairs for Research and Technology
Vacant, Director of Government Affairs for Farm Policy
Melissa George Kessler, Director of Communications
Jinger Eberspacher, Assistant to the CEO
Delver Charlery, Accountant

Board and Committee Members

New members of the NAWG Board of Directors are seated at each year’s Commodity Classic. A list of those seated at the 2011 Classic is available here.