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WMMB 2008 Board
of Director Election Process
 Each year, a portion
of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) 25-member board is
elected
to three-year
terms.
WMMB directors guide the
organization's
financial affairs, formulate and set WMMB policies, approve the
organization's mission and serve on one of two committees – Cheese
Business or Communications and Local Promotions. All directors
must be active dairy producers who
sell milk into commercial channels and live in the district
where they are nominated.
In 2008, nine districts are up for election.
Those districts and their respective WMMB incumbent directors are
listed
below:
 District
1 - Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Rusk,
Sawyer, Washburn
Counties (incumbent Ben Peterson)- District 4 - Barron and Polk
Counties (incumbent Lyle Jensen)
- District 7 - Clark County
(incumbent Bill Herr)
- District 10 - Brown, Door and
Kewaunee Counties (incumbent Roger Buresh)
- District 13 - Buffalo, Pierce
and Pepin Counties (incumbent Lanette Harsdorf)
- District 16 - Fond du Lac, Green
Lake and Marquette Counties (incumbent Ramona Averbeck)
- District 19 - Columbia and Dodge
Counties (incumbent Richard Fink)
- District 23 - Grant County (incumbent
Mary Wackershauser)
- District 25 - Green, Rock and
Walworth Counties (incumbent Daphne Newman Stassin
WMMB director elections are handled by
the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
(DATCP).
Questions regarding elections should be directed
to DATCP’s Noel
Favia at 608-224-5140.
The WMMB
Director Candidate Information Sheet provides some background about WMMB and highlights director
roles, responsibilities and compensation.
As other information
(e.g. press releases, nominee biographies, forms,
etc.)
becomes
available,
links to
that information can be found at the top of this page.
If you
have any other questions specific to WMMB, contact Gina
Bauer at 800-373-9662.
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