Staff Directory

Meet the

We’re a team of cattle experts and inspirational leaders – full of personality minus the ego. We’re the wearers of many hats dedicated to helping breeders succeed like you.

Neal Smith

AJCA-NAJ Executive Secretary & CEO

Kristin Paul

AJCA-NAJ Assistant Secretary

Vickie White

AJCA-NAJ Treasurer, Office Manager

Erick Metzger

Herd Services Manager, NAJ General Manager

Kim Billman

Director of Communications

Greg Lavan

JMS Manager

Philip Cleary

IT Manager / Lead Developer

John Metzger

Director of Research and Genetic Development

Blake Granzow

Executive Assistant

Linda Dickens

Accounting Clerk, Receptionist

Lisa Boysel

Herd Services Assistant

Lori King

Type Appraisal Coordinator

Chloe Lambert

Herd Services Assistant

Kaitlyn Mattox

Herd Services Assistant

Brad Gibson

Database Developer and Analyst

Daniel Jones

IT Support Specialist

Michele Ackerman

Feature Writer

Haley Frazier

Administrative Assistant to JMS & Communications

Tracie Hoying

Jersey Journal Managing Editor

Lindsay L'Amoreaux

Communications Specialist

Randale Lowe

NAJ General Manager Assistant

Danielle Brown

Area Representative

Territory: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota

Kelly Epperly

Type Traits Appraiser

Mark Fisher

Type Traits Appraiser

Lee Harris

Type Traits Appraiser

Dyon Helmuth

Type Traits Appraiser

Scott Holcomb

Area Representative

Territory: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, E Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Vermont

Seth Israelsen

Advanced Service Consultant / Area Representative

Territory: Nevada, California, Idaho, western Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Montana and Wyoming

Ron Mosser

Senior Type Traits Appraiser

Andy Paulson

Type Traits Appraiser

Benny Rector

Area Representative

Territory: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma

Jason Robinson

Area Representative

Territory: Alabama, N Carolina, S Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, east Texas, Virginia and West Virginia

Aspen Silva

Area Representative

Territory: Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington

Ellie Wantland

Type Traits Appraiser

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