Board of Directors & Districts

President

• Lives in Corinth Township in Humboldt County

• Attended Humboldt High School and Iowa Central Community College

• Farmer

• Married and has three children

• Farm Bureau member, and former treasurer, vice president, president and voting delegate

• Current co-leader of the West Grove Hustlers 4-H Club

• Previously: Director on Soil/Water Conservation Board; ISA Research Advisory Council

• Enjoys camping, hunting, fishing, golfing and spending time with family

• Earned Credentialed Cooperative Director certification

• Midland Power (formerly Humboldt County REC) director since 2009, currently serves as President

• Midland Power Cooperative member since 2004
 

Vice President

• Lives north of LuVerne in Kossuth County

• Farms corn and soybeans in partnership with his dad

• Hog and cow-calf producer

• Married and has one son and three daughters

• Member and elder at Zion Lutheran Church in LuVerne

• Past member of the Kossuth County Pork Producers

• Enjoys spending time with family, riding his motorcycle and taking care of their
cow-calf herd

• Director at your cooperative since 2008

• Earned Credentialed Cooperative Director certification

• Member of your co-op since 1996

Secretary

• Lives in Scranton Township, Greene County

• Graduate of Iowa State University, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Studies

• Pioneer sales representative

• Fourth-generation hog farmer, custom finishing 5000 head annually

• Owns and operates row crop and custom spraying operation with brother Matt

• Assists parents, with family row crop operation

• Married and has two children

• Treasurer and volunteer firefighter at Ralston Fire Department

• Greene County Pork Producers board member

• Greene County Farm Bureau board member

• Member and Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson

• Member of Iowa Pork Producers Association

• Received the Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award in May 2009

• Director at your cooperative since 2011, currently serving as Secretary

• Earned Credentialed Cooperative Director certification

• Member of your cooperative since 2005

Treasurer

•  Lives four miles south of Beaver, in Beaver Township, in Boone County

• Grew up in northwest Iowa, then moved and graduated from Ames High School

• Received a Paraprofessional Accounting, AS degree from Des Moines Area Community College

• Farmer of cow-calf herd and accountant for Iowa State University

• Wife of the late Jay Perry Rinker. Has two sons, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren

• Member of Ogden Community United Methodist Church

• Vice President of Boone County ISU Extension board

• Finance Committee of the Iowa Extension Council Association

• Boone County 4-H volunteer

• Midland Power director since 2013, currently serves as Treasurer

• Earned Credentialed Cooperative Director certification

• Enjoys running and exercising and spending time with family

• Member of your co-op since 1989

Asst. Secretary/Treasurer

•Lives west of Wesley in Kossuth County

•Received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from Iowa State University

•Farmer, raises corn, soy beans and livestock

•Married and has two children

•Belongs to Trinity Lutheran Church of Algona

•Enjoys family time, hunting, fishing, golfing

•Director at your cooperative since 2009

•Earned Credentialed Cooperative Director certification

•Member of your cooperative since 2000

• Lives in Hamilton County between Radcliffe and Ellsworth
• Born and raised in the Radcliffe area
• Member of the Concord Sherman 4-H Club along with the Hubbard Radcliffe FFA chapter in school
• Graduated from Hubbard Radcliffe High School
• Graduated from Iowa State with a degree in agriculture studies
• Married to Shannon with four kids: Lily, attending Iowa State University; Ty, attending SDSU; and Landen and Tessa, attending South Hamilton High School
• Owner/operator of Touchdown Acres, raising cattle and registered Suffolk sheep
• Director of sales and regulatory manager for Autogenous Vaccines at ARKO Laboratories in Jewell 
• Co-founder of Eagle’s Catch Fish Farm
• Iowa Pork Producers Alliance and FAD task force member 
• Past president and board member of the United Suffolk Sheep Association
• Iowa Pork Producer board member and research committee member
• Former Midland Power Nominating Committee member 
• Faith Church Sunday school treasurer
• South Hamilton School Foundation board 
• Hardin County Youth 4-H advisory board 
• Hardin County Cattlemen board of directors 
• Iowa State University Letter Winners Club board member 
• Iowa State University football three-year letter winner
• Midland Power Cooperative member since 2000

• Lives in Buckeye Township, Hardin County, two miles south of Buckeye

• Born and raised in the rural Buckeye area

• Graduate of Radcliffe High School and Ellsworth Community College

• Married to Steph and has three grown children: Luke, Rebecca, and Leah

• Grandpa to four grandchildren: Carter, Cora, Joanna, and Elizabeth

• Farms with his son, Luke

• Grain and livestock farmer

• Vice President of the Hardin County Pork Producers Board

• Former member and President of the ISU Hardin County Extension Council

• Elder, member, and Sunday School Teacher of St. Paul Lutheran Church Buckeye, Iowa

• Current Buckeye Township Trustee

• Member of your co-op since 1984

• Lives in Hardin County, southeast of Hubbard

• Married and has two children

• Farmer

• Served two years in the military

• Past member of Pork & Beef Producers

• Hardin County Extension Council Member for six years

• Member of St. Mary’s Church in Eldora

• Director at your cooperative since 1995

• Earned Credentialed Cooperative Director certification

• Member of your cooperative since 1969

•Lives in Boone County, northwest of Ogden

•Graduate of Iowa State University, degree in agricultural mechanization

•Farmer

•Married and has 3 children

•Member of Zion Lutheran Church in Ogden

•Midland Power’s representative on Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) board of directors, currently serves as president

•Past board member of Boxholm Cooperative

•Past board member of Farm Bureau

•Past board member of Boone County Extension Council

•Midland Power Cooperative board member since 1999

•Graduate of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director program and Board Leadership program

•Midland Power Cooperative member since 1980

• Lives northwest of Slater, in Boone County

• Grew up in central Iowa

• Attended some college at Iowa State University

• Farmer

• Excavation business

• Married and has three children and four grandchildren

• Member of Ogden Community United Methodist Church

• Farm Bureau member

• Church trustee

• Garden Township trustee

• Member of your co-op since 1988

•Lives northwest of Ames in Story County

•Graduate of Ames High School

•Self-employed residential contractor

•Accredited contractor with the State of Iowa, knowledgeable of codes, rules, and according regulations

•Married and has two children

•Gilbert Community Schools - Athletic Booster member & volunteer

•Gilbert Community School playground construction and expansion volunteer

•Hard worker, with a high level of attention to detail

•Supported area residents by assisting and consulting with home development, and home improvement and maintenance projects

•Member of your cooperative since 1997

• Lives west of Ames in Boone County
   
• Grew up in Nevada, Iowa
   
• Plant manager for building material company
   
• Married and has 3 grown children
   
• Serves on Foundation Board for Youth and Shelter Services
   
• Earned NSGA Safety Leadership Award
   
• Earned Iowa Limestone Producers Safety Award
   
• Enjoys playing golf, dirt track racing and is an avid sports fan
   
• Midland Power member since 2013