| OFFICE OF THE CEO |
Steve
Censky,
Chief Executive Officer
scensky@soy.org |
Overall management of the organization. |
Julie Hawkins,
Meeting Planner/Executive
Assistant
julieh@soy.org |
Coordinates all board and miscellaneous
meetings; assists CEO, manages admin matters, resolutions and SoySeal license agreements. |
| CORPORATE RELATIONS |
Bill Schuermann,
Executive Director, Member & Industry Relations
bschuermann@soy.org |
Monsanto Leadership, DuPont Young Leaders, FMC PIE
programs, ASIC, NOPA, and all corporate/association relations. Revenue development
projects. |
Bob Callanan,
Project Development Director
bcallanan@soy.org |
Develops program concepts and proposals to be presented to state
soybean affiliates, qualified state soybean boards and industry
partners. |
Byron Keelin,
Member Education & Program Development Manager
bkeelin@soy.org |
Coordinates,
promotes and implements
ASA’s members/Board leadership and
policy education programs.
Designs and implements overall membership and recruiter programs. |
Michelle Siegel,
Corporate Development Manager
msiegel@soy.org |
Plans, manages ASA/DuPont Young Leader program, SOY Scholarship,
Leadership At Its Best, Agri-Business Council, Biotech Working Group, and develops new corporate
programs. |
Abby Podkul,
Meeting Planner
apodkul@soy.org |
Coordinates and executes Commodity Classic annual convention and
assists staff with logistics for other events and meetings. |
Farris Haley,
Program Coordinator
fhaley@soy.org |
Administrates projects for the Membership and Corporate Relations
department and the CEO, including the production of surveys,
spreadsheets and helping members with the benefits of ASA. |
|
MARKETING, MEMBERSHIP & STATE RELATIONS |
Jill
Wagenblast,
Director of Marketing and Planning
jwagenblast@soy.org |
Supports association
marketing and membership plan. |
Chris Merlotti,
Membership
Database & Project Manager
cmerlotti@soy.org |
Coordinates membership database, invoicing; contact
person for membership inquiries. Assists in
implementation of annual membership program. |
|
COMMUNICATIONS |
Patrick Delaney,
Communications Director
pdelaney@soy.org |
Supervises all ASA
communications; newsletters, press releases, radio, web sites, speeches,
photography, video. Communications
support for membership, corporate, trade shows and education
programs. |
Cassandra Langley,
Communications Coordinator
clangley@soy.org |
Assists with development of content and production of ASA
publications, radio newsline, online resources and social media. |
|
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION |
|
Brian Vaught,
Director of
Finance and Administration
bvaught@soy.org |
Manages the Association’s financial and
administration matters. |
Madelyn Frazier,
Accounting Coordinator
mfrazier@soy.org |
Performs
accounts receivables, accounts payables and
payroll-related operations as well as assists with ASA's PAC
accounting and overall financial operations. |
Kim
Young,
Accountant
kyoung@soy.org
|
Performs day-to-day
accounting, budgeting and assists with overall financial operations
and procedures for the Association. |
Stacey Beye
Accounting
sbeye@soy.org |
WISHH activities and programs
accounting. |
| OPERATIONS |
Sharetha Newsome,
Office
Manager
snewsome@soy.org |
Manages office affairs and administrative needs. |
Michael Jones,
Operations Coordinator
mjones@soy.org |
Mail distribution; copy center, shipping and receiving. |
|
WORLD INITIATIVE FOR SOY IN HUMAN HEALTH
(WISHH) |
Jim Hershey,
Executive Director
jhershey@soy.org |
Directs
program aimed at enhancing human well-being and
creating sustainable solutions for the protein needs of people in
the developing world through the introduction and use of U.S. soy. |
|
Vickie Wilks,
Director of Operations
vwilks@soy.org |
Manages the
operations and implementation of contracts, programs and projects
between home-office and field personnel. Supervises St. Louis based
support staff. |
|
Shannon Ward,
Project Development and
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
wishhdc1@yahoo.com |
Develops proposals to U.S. government and multilateral agencies and
oversees monitoring and evaluation of WISHH programs. |
Lynn Engstrand,
Program Manager, Asia
lengstrand@soy.org |
Plans and administers activities
and projects in developing countries/fragile states in Asia.
Oversight of overall Asia program, program budgets, coordination of
efforts of team members, partners and third-party contractors and
consultants. |
Erica Morrow,
Program Manager, Africa and Central America
emorrow@soy.org |
Plans and administers activities and
projects in developing countries/fragile states in Africa
and Central America. Oversight of overall
Africa and Central America programs, program budgets, coordination
of efforts of team members, partners and third-party contractors and
consultants. |
Elizabeth Hare,
Program Manager, Latin America and Pakistan
ehare@soy.org |
Plans and administers activities
and projects in developing countries/fragile states in Latin America
and Pakistan. Oversight of overall Latin America and Pakistan
programs, program budgets, coordination of efforts of team members,
partners and third-party contractors and consultants. |
|
Kendra Murphy
Executive Assistant/Conference Planner
kmurphy@soy.org |
Prepares and organizes program conferences, board
meetings and other program related events.
Coordinates board communication, reports, contracts and other
projects. Provides overall administrative support to the Executive
Director of WISHH.
|
Eric DeMerit,
Program Assistant
edemerit@soy.org |
Administers
activity assignments, consultant contracts,
program and consultant payments, budget
monitoring, travel
arrangements and other program related activities. |
|
WORLD SOY FOUNDATION (WSF) |
Nathan Ruby,
Executive Director
nruby@worldsoyfoundation.org |
Directs fundraising and
development plans, administrative operations, fiscal management and
public relations efforts for organization that seeks to develop
sustainable solutions to build healthy, thriving communities
worldwide. |
Nancy Simmons,
Executive Assistant
nsimmons@worldsoyfoundation.org |
Provides
administrative support for WSF Executive Director and Board;
management of Raiser’s Edge, fundraising and donor database. |
