Category: National Pork Board Candidates

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Tennessee Biography For nearly 30 years, Jason Pooley has worked in production, supply chain and animal health with his roles with Smithfield Foods (20 years) and Pig Improvement Company (nearly 10 years). Throughout his career, he has supported domestic and international pig farmers with biosecurity, standard operating procedures and their implementation, training and health outbreak

South Dakota Biography With 27 years of experience, Terry Wolters owns multiple sow farms in South Dakota and Minnesota, marketing 35,000 pigs annually, and a 2,400-head research finisher managed by Pipestone System. Terry and his family own shares in Wholestone Farms co-op packing plant and operates more than 120 acres of crop and pastureland. His

North Carolina Biography Chad Herring, a third-generation contract nursery producer, raises 90,000-100,000 feeder pigs annually for Smithfield Foods. The company also harvests 45 acres of coastal Bermuda hay. Chad, a 2018 Pork Leadership Institute graduate, represented the National Pork Board at the UniPro Protein Solutions Symposium and at a lunch-and-learn with School Food Rocks, which

North Carolina Biography Will Brunt is the chief innovation and marketing officer for Villari Food Group, based out ofWilmington, North Carolina. In this role, he develops and implements strategic initiatives that align with business objectives in innovation, sales and marketing. He notably established a robust three-year pipeline of innovative products, delivering 5% annual growth and

Minnesota Biography Gordon Spronk, DVM, has been a partner in a multi-generational diversified farrow-to-finish and cropping farm, Spronk Brothers III, based in Edgerton, Minnesota, since 1981. Spronk Brothers III markets more than 275,000 pigs per year. The family farm also includes more than 3,000 acres of corn and soybeans. Additionally, Gordon is a staff veterinarian

California Biography In addition to overseeing the university swine farm at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Morgan Wonderly provides students hands-on learning experiences both inside and outside of the classroom. She teaches courses in swine management, reproduction, and livestock evaluation, integrating real-world production challenges directly into the classroom. Her approach reflects Cal Poly’s “Learn

Missouri Biography As the senior director of innovation for Triumph Foods, Emily Arkfeld, Ph.D., has helped develop key principles of the Prairie Fresh® USA Prime program and has led the company’s efforts to secure multiple patents related to pork processing. Employing more than 2,900 staff members, Triumph Foods processes more than 6 million market animals