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Our Board of Directors has a majority of members appointed by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. The Executive Vice President of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association serves as an ex-officio (non-voting) member of the board.
Jody Bagley
ChairmanHometown: Auburn, Wyo.
Occupation: Rancher, Lincoln County
Leadership Roles: Vice President of the Star Valley Cattlemen’s Grazing Assn., Lincoln County Predator Board, past Wyoming Stock Growers Assn. Region IV Vice President, past Vice Chairman of various WSGA committees
Alan Barnett
Vice ChairmanHometown: Meeteetse, Wyo.
Occupation: Rancher - Barnett Land & Livestock Co., Park County and employee of Farm Credit Services of America
Leadership Roles: In 2005 the Barnett family and the Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust cut their teeth on its first purchased easement project. This established a relationship that has since encouraged other landowners along the Gooseberry Creek drainage to do the same.
Jim Magagna
Secretary
(member ex-officio)
Hometown: Cheyenne, Wyo. and Rock Springs, Wyo.
Occupation: Rancher, Sweetwater County and Executive Vice President of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association
Leadership Roles: Past President of the American Sheep Industry Association, former President of the National Public Lands Council
Alvin Wiederspahn
TreasurerOccupation: Private-law attorney in Cheyenne
Leadership Roles: Member of the Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference, serves as Commissioner of the District Court First Judicial District (Laramie County), Director of First National Bank of Wyoming, advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Director (and former President) of the Wyoming Taxpayer’s Association, and served as a member of the Wyoming Legislature for ten years in both the House and Senate.
Mark EiseleHometown: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Occupation: Rancher - King Ranch Company and Eisele Hay & Cattle Company, Laramie County
Leadership Roles: 1st Vice President of the Wyoming Stock Growers Assn., past WSGALT Board President, former chairman of the WSGA Environmental Committee, past-president of the Laramie County Stock Growers, former RIENR Open Spaces Advisory Committee member, 1995 Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Rancher of the Year, and Wyoming Section of the Society of Range Management 2005 Stewardship Winner for Grazing and Management Practices
Rob HendryHometown: Lysite, Wyo.
Occupation: Rancher - Clear Creek Cattle Co., Natrona County and founder of Clear Creek Construction, LLC.
Leadership Roles: Natrona County Commissioner, Casper First Interstate Bank Board of Directors, the Governor’s Brucellosis Task Force, past President of the Wyoming Stock Growers Assn., former Vice Chairman of the policy division of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn., and past director of the Natrona County Fire Protection District.
Dianne KirkbrideHometown: Cheyenne, Wyo.
Occupation: Staff member for U.S. Senator Mike Enzi and Rancher - Harding and Kirkbride Livestock Co., Laramie County
Leadership Roles: President of the Wyoming Congressional Award Council, past President of the Wyoming CattleWomen and former Vice President for the Wyoming Stock Growers Assn.; formerly served in numerous positions with the American National CattleWomen, Cattlemen’s Beef Board, and the United Medical Center Board of Trustees
Randall LuthiHometown: Freedom, Wyo.
Occupation: President of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), attorney and Rancher - JE Luthi Ranch, Lincoln County
Leadership Roles: Current President of the National Ocean Industries Association, Wyoming Legislature (Republican, 1995-2007), former Wyoming Speaker of the House of Representatives, former Deputy Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, former Director of the Minerals Management Service
Ed ProsserHometown: Cheyenne, Wyo.
Occupation: Fourth-generation rancher - Prosser Ranch, Laramie County, Wyo.
Leadership Roles: Former Trustee of the Wyo. Stock Growers Ag Land Trust, former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, longtime member of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and past chairman of the WSGA Ag Finance & Tax committee, former member of the Wyoming Agricultural Business Association (originally the Wyoming Grain, Feed and Seed Dealers Association) and past member and chairman of the Joint Laramie County Regional Planning Commission.
Steve SchalkHometown: Saratoga, Wyo.
Occupation: President of Arapahoe Drilling Co., Inc., General Manager of Schalk Development Company, Rancher in Carbon County
Leadership Roles: Recently served on the boards of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico, New Mexico's Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, and the Mountain States Legal Foundation.
Nels Smith
Hometown: Sundance, Wyo.
Occupation: Retired rancher and owner of Sundance Realty
Leadership Roles: Past president of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, past president of the Wyoming Section of the Realtors Land Institute and past chairman of the Wyoming Legislative Management Council. Currently serves as Chairman of the Crook County Land Use Planning Commission and sits on the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board.
Hometown: Casper, Wyo.
Occupation: Fourth-generation rancher and publisher of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup
Leadership Roles: Active in the CRM process to assist in management of private, state and public lands on the ranch along with the management of wildlife and livestock. He also has served on numerous boards and committees around the state involving livestock, wildlife, public lands, conservation, education, health care and agriculture.
Hometown: Sheridan, Wyo.
Occupation: Senior Vice President, Financial Consultant & Branch Manager of Davidson Companies in Sheridan, Wyo.
Leadership Roles: Sheridan WYO Rodeo, Lion's Club, Rotary, Big Horn Event Center, Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming Foundation
Dr. John Lunt
EmeritusHometown: Wilson, Wyo.
Occupation: Retired physician and Rancher, Carbon County
Leadership Roles: Chairman of the Land Trust's Carbon County Chapter, former Corbett Medical Foundation board member, co-founder of local fund to promote breast cancer prevention (1980-present).
Ray Hunkins, Chairman - Rancher, attorney, former Republican gubernatorial candidate
Liz Brimmer - Senior Partner of Brimmer Communications, former Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Craig Thomas
Wayland Cato - Former CEO of Cato Corporation, Rancher
Story Clark - Conservation consultant, former Sr. Director of Jackson Hole Land Trust, Land Trust Alliance Board, Rancher
Sara Flitner - President of Flitner Communications
Charles Greenhawt – Former Wyoming attorney, Former Questar Corporation executive
Donald Kendall - Former Institute of the Environment & Natural Resources Board of Directors member, co-founder/ former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, Inc.
Clarene Law - Wyo. House of Representatives 1990-2004, Wyo. Business Council Board, Jackson Hole Resort Assn. Board
David Leuschen - Partner in Goldman Sachs-Global Manager Energy Sector, managing partner of Riverstone Holdings, Rancher
Michael Martin Murphey - International music entertainer, founder of Preserve the West Fund, Rancher
Art Nicholas - Chairman of Nicholas Applegate Management, Rancher
Shane Schulz - Director of Government Affairs for Questar Exploration & Production Company
Jane Sullivan - Former First Lady of Wyoming
Malcolm Wallop - Former U.S. Senator, founder of Frontiers of Freedom, Rancher