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THE FERTILIZER INSTITUTE NAMES NEW OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS
Feb. 22, 2010
Source: The Fertilizer Institute news release
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) announced the election of Robert P. Jornayvaz III, founder and managing partner of The Intrepid Companies, to serve a two-year term as chairman of TFI's Board of Directors. In addition, the board tapped James T. Prokopanko, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Mosaic Company, to serve a two-year term as vice chairman. The gavel was passed to Jornayvaz by outgoing chairman, and Terra Industries, Inc., president and CEO Michael L. Bennett, at a Feb. 9 board meeting held in conjunction with TFI's 2010 Fertilizer Marketing Business Meeting in Orlando, FL.
Jornayvaz is founder and managing partner of The Intrepid Companies, which he founded in 1984. The Intrepid Companies includes Intrepid Mining, LLC, which is the largest producer of potash in the United States. The Intrepid Companies also includes Intrepid Oil & Gas, LLC and Intrepid Production Corporation.
Prokopanko is president and CEO of The Mosaic Company, the world's leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash. Mosaic was formed in 2004 through the combination of IMC Global Inc. and the crop nutrition business of Cargill, Incorporated.
New Board Elected
During TFI's annual meeting, the following new board members were elected: Matt Carstens, United Suppliers, Inc.; Daryl Gates, Morral Companies, LLC; Dirk Lohry, Nutra-Flo Company; Billy Joe Miles, Miles Farm Supply, LLC; and Michael Stegmann, Lange-Stegmann Fertilizer Co.
These new board members join Farouk Chaouni, Agrifos Fertilizer, LP; Michael Wilson, Agrium, Inc.; Donald Ford, American Plant Food Corp.; Nicholas Adamchak, Ameropa North America, Inc.; Vladimir Nikolaenko, Belarusian Potash Company; Robert Brown, Calamco; Stephen Wilson, CF Industries; Cheryl Schmura, CHS, Inc.; Stanley Riemann, CVR Energy, Inc.; Steven Liebelt, Dakota Gasification; William Barnett, Dyno Nobel; David Benefield, Frit Industries; Brian Harlander, Gavilon Fertilizer; Ronald Bryan, Great Salt Lake Minerals; James Spradlin, GROWMARK; Qamar Bhatia, Honeywell Resins and Chemicals; Stephen Stallons, ICEC; Robert Jornayvaz, Intrepid Potash; George Porvaznik, Jeffersonville River Terminal; Melih Keyman, Keytrade AG; Carroll Kirby, Kirby Agri; Steve Packebush, Koch Fertilizer; Robert Jones, Mississippi Phosphates; William Doyle, PotashCorp; John Ambrose, Rentech Energy Midwest; William Whitacre, Simplot; Michael Bennett, Terra Industries, Inc.; Denny Addis, The Andersons, Inc.; James Prokopanko, The Mosaic Company; Ronald Stanton, Transammonia, Inc.; Gene Gauss, Wilbur-Ellis; Billy Willard, Willard Agri-Service of Frederick; and Pete Valesares, Yara North America, Inc. as members of TFI's Board of Directors.
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