Leader focuses on improvement.Sharon Larson, associate with Morgan&Myers and chair of the national Best of NAMA Na·ma n. pl. Nama or Na·mas 1. A member of a people of southwest Africa. 2. The Khoikhoin language of the Nama. committee, is married with two children and in her spare time you can find her doing some kind of home improvement remodeling project she saw on HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television . She looks to NAMA for improvement in her career. She enjoys networking with fellow agri-marketers at events and her involvement keeps her informed about current agricultural issues that are important to her clients. Larson has been in the agribusiness industry 17 years. She was with Minneapolis's Miller Meester Advertising for nine years and with Meyocks & Priebe's Minneapolis office for three years. Currently she is an associate with Morgan&Myers and has been there for five years. She has day-to-day account service responsibilities for Cargill Animal Nutrition's Livestock Solutions and General Mills Bakery and Foodservice. She majored in communications at the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. . Larson says the biggest challenge agri-marketers face is doing business in today's world of consolidation and globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation . "I would say one of the biggest challenges I deal with is staying ahead of all the technological advancements in our client's industry; government regulations and international business," says Larson. She currently serves as chair of the organization's Best of NAMA committee. This committee is responsible for overseeing the entire Best of NAMA competition, from promotion to the actual show itself. Larson has served as vice chair of this committee and has also served as chair of the Region III Best of NAMA event. NEW NAMA MEMBERS Welcome new NAMA members that joined in August, 2004. AT LARGE Lisa A. Earls, BBI BBI Blockbuster Inc. (stock symbol) BBI Berlin Brandenburg International (Airport) BBI Broadband-Interactive BBI Browser-Based Interface BBI Best Brains Inc. Biofuels Recruiting Lorelee Friesen, Agricore United BADGER Annie Kinwa-Muzinga, Univ. of Wise.--Platteville CAROLINAS/VIRGINIA Jeff Jennings, NC Dept. of Ag & Consumer Services Kenrett Y. Jefferson PhD, North Carolina A&T State University Lori Ann Peters, Royster-Clark, Inc. Sherry Ford, Syngenta America Inc. GATEWAY Brian W. Adams. Monsanto Ginger Price, Osborn & Barr Comm., Inc. Jamie Jonesmith, Osborn & Barr Comm., Inc. Randy Myers, Osborn & Barr Comm., Inc. Simone Esubi, Osborn & Barr Comm., Inc. MICHIGAN Jim M. Nowak. GreenStone green·stone n. Any of various altered basic igneous rocks colored green by chlorite, hornblende, or epidote. greenstone Noun NZ a type of green jade used for Maori carvings and ornaments Farm Credit Services MID-AMERICA Price Allan. Monty's Plant Food Company MIDLANDS Michael Beelman. Pinnacle Sports Productions MISSOURI-KANSAS Abby K. Tatman. VML (1) (Vector Markup Language) An extension to XML that defines images in vector graphics format for the Web. It also defines how the image is displayed and edited. VML graphics can be modified by style sheets that pertain to the page they reside in. , Inc. Bradley D. Zollars. VML, Inc. Meleesa L. Younggren, Burns & McDonnell Engineering NAMA CAL Lauren E. Piekens. Freeman/McCue Public Rel. NORTH CENTRAL Jarred Crull, Padilla Speer Beardsley NORTHERN PRAIRIE Donna Thronson, North Dakota Dept. of Ag. Judy Wosick, PROGRESSIVE AG OHIO Ohio, state, United States Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N). Dale Thompson, Vaca Resources SOUTHEASTERN Lorraine A. Summers. AGCO AGCO Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario AGCO Anderson, Greenwood, & Company AGCO After Google Check-Out Corporation SOUTHWEST Shelley Thompson. McCormick Company |
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