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HOARD'S RYAN EBERT RECEIVES AAEA'S ANDY MARKWART HORIZON AWARD
Aug. 1, 2016
Source: American Agricultural Editors' Association (AAEA)
The Andy Markwart Horizon Award, presented by the AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation (PIF) and John Deere in a matching grant partnership, is an annual award given to an AAEA member who embodies the youthful vigor, energy, passion, dedication and creativity shown by Andy in his volunteer work for AAEA for many years. Andy, editor of The Furrow magazine, died in 2006 from heart problems.
Ryan Ebert, Art Director
Hoard's Dairyman and Hay & Forage Grower magazines
Ebert, who has been the one-person art department at Hoard's for the past nine years, says he never thought growing up on a small hog and poultry farm in Wisconsin that he would have a career allowing him to blend his passions for agriculture and art. He credits the knowledge and networking gained from AAEA for many of the ways he's helped improve Hoard's communication offerings.
One reference said Ebert is "a dynamic member of our editorial team ... who has made outstanding contributions to company-related business development projects. An outstanding, award-winning photographer, storyteller and employee who lends his time to helping nonprofits and AAEA."
Another wrote that Ebert is "continually raising the standards for excellence; never content; always looking for new and better ideas and ways to grow and improve."
Ebert has served in leadership roles on the AAEA Photography and Design Awards Committees and is currently a member of the AAEA Board of Directors.
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