ASTA Elects 2017-18 Leadership Team
- On June 30, 2017
During the recent Annual Convention, ASTA members honored outgoing Chair Mark Herrmann for his stellar leadership over the past year, and welcomed Tracy Tally as incoming Chair. The newly elected members of the ASTA 2017-18 leadership team are:
- Chair–Tracy Tally, Justin Seed Co.
- First Vice Chair–Jerry Flint, DuPont Pioneer
- Second Vice Chair–Wayne Gale, Stokes Seeds
- Rep. to/from Canada–Jim Schweigert, Gro Alliance
- Rep. to/from Mexico–Pablo Fernandez, Dow AgroSciences
- Central Region Vice President–Dave Pearl, The Cisco Companies
Incoming Chair Tracy Tally is President of Justin Seed Company in Justin, Texas. He has more than 30 years experience in the seed industry and is the second generation Tally to run Justin Seed-a company that is more than half a century old. He is also a second generation graduate of the College of Agriculture at Texas Tech University (1986). Besides running Justin Seed for the past 25 years, he served as the ASTA Southern Region Vice President, an officer on the Texas Seed Trade Association Board, was previously a certified crop adviser and serves for a variety of organizations in his community. He and his wife, Julie, live in Dallas and have four daughters, Emily, Elizabeth, Erica and Ellen who have been active participants in ASTA conventions over the years.
A special thanks to all ASTA board members and committee chairs for their dedicated service, and to all of our members for their active participation and involvement in ASTA throughout the year!
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