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AFIA Elects Donald E. Orr as Chairman and Brian Rittgers as Chair-Elect

Arlington, VA—At the recent Board of Directors meeting in Arlington, VA, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) elected Donald E. Orr, Jr. (top), President, JBS United, Sheridan, IN, as AFIA Chairman of the Board.

Orr will serve as Chairman until May 2009.

Orr has been president of JBS United since 1997.

JBS United is a nutrition technology-based company involved in premix/base mix feed production and marketing, enzyme and probiotic marketing, swine production, and grain storage and marketing.

In addition, he leads the company’s Nutrition Division and previously headed their R&D program.

Active in the industry, Don has been a board member of American Society of Animal Science and is a member of American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists.

He has served on the National Pork Producers Council Research Project Selection Committee, Swine Modeling Committee and Feed Purchasing Manual Committee.

He has been a guest speaker around the world and in 18 states at swine meetings.

He holds a B.S. in Animal Science from Purdue University, an M.S. in Animal Industry from Penn State, and a Ph.D. in Animal Husbandry from Michigan State University.

Brian Rittgers (bottom), Sales Mgr., Dairy Business Unit, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN, has been chosen Chair-elect of the Board.

Rittgers has held his current position at Elanco since 2004.

He joined the Agriculture Chemical Division of Elanco Products Company in 1979 as a sales represetative.

In 1983, he was named Market Research Analyst responnsible for new products.

His positions have included Marketing Associate and Market Research Analyst for Cattle Products in the Elanco Animal Health Divison and later Marketing Associate for Swine Products.

In 2000, he was a recipient of the Eli Lilly & Company’s Chairman’s Ovation Award for his commitment and accomplishments in people development and recruiting.

He holds a B.S. degree in Agricultural Economics from Iowa State University.

He has served on the Meat Export Federation Board.

For more information, call AFIA at 703-524-0810.