Agriculture and Environment Task Force
Task Force Chair:
Brent Halling – Perry, Former Deputy Secretary of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (1999 - 2007), grain and livestock family farmer.
Contact: 515-465-2228
Task Force Members
(Name and, if available, Title, Organization and Hometown)
Mark Ackelson, President, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Des Moines
Senator Jerry Behn, Boone
Dean Black, Livestock Producer, Somers
Kamyar Enshayan, Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
Richard Gerking, Superintendent, West Harrison Community School District, Mondamin
Warren Kemper, Farmer/Director, Iowa Corn Growers Association, Wapello
Carlton Kjos, Farmer, Decorah
Ted Kourousis, Executive Director, Northwest Iowa Planning & Development Commission, Spencer
Representative Mark Kuhn, Charles City
Richard Leopold, Director, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Des Moines
Regina Lloyd, Linden
Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship, Des Moines
Denise O'Brien, Farmer and Consultant, Rolling Acres Farm, Atlantic
David Patterson, County Engineer, Washington County, Kalona
Mark Rosenbury, Agribusiness Association, Des Moines
Deb Ryun, Conservation Districts of Iowa
Drue Sander, Director, Iowa Institute for Cooperatives, Ames
Representative Tom Sands, Columbus Junction
Ed Ulch, Farmer, Iowa Soybean Association, Solon
Carol Vinton, The Nature Conservancy, Glenwood
Heidi Vittetoe, Livestock Producer, Washington
Wendy Wintersteen, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames
Senator Frank Wood, Eldridge
Resource Group Members
(Name and, if available, Title, Organization and Hometown)
Donna Buell, Attorney, Buell Law Office, Spirit Lake
Paul Govoni, Technical Services Representative, Hydro-Klean, Des Moines
Laura Hartman, District Representative for Congressman Steve King, Creston
Timothy Helmbrecht, Administrative Program Director, U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Rural Development, Des Moines
Andrew Hug, Environment Iowa, Ames
Tolif Hunt, Executive Director, Whiterock Conservancy, Coon Rapids
Chad Ingels, Farmer, Iowa State University, Randlia
JoAnn Johnson, National Credit Union Administration, Guthrie
Christopher Jones, Des Moines Water Works, Ankeny
Keith Kuper, Commodity Broker/Consultant/Farmer, Ackley
David McMurray, Business Management/Farm Management, Burlington
Terrence Neuzil, Supervisor, Johnson County, Iowa City
Gene Parkin, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Dennis Pate, Conservation Planner, Validus, Urbandale
Jerry Peckumn, Farmer, Jefferson
Chris Peterson, Farmer, Clear Lake
Mark Reisinger, State Director, Rural Development State Office, Des Moines
Anne Robinson, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Des Moines
Renata Sack, Waterloo
Michael Sexton, Environmental Consultant, Twin Lakes Environmental Services, Rockwell City
Francis Thicke, Farmer, Fairfield
John Torbert, Iowa Drainage District Association
Staff Support
Lyle Asell, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Harold Hommes, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Meetings
July 30, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Farm Bureau Insurance
5400 University Ave., West Des Moines
August 13, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Johnston Public Library
6700 Merle Hay Rd., Johnston
October 9, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Iowa Department for the Blind – Assembly Room
524 Fourth St., Des Moines