NAMA has named the organization’s national leadership award recipients. Awards were presented at the Best of NAMA, April 13 in Kansas City.<\/p>\n
Presidents Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Curt Blades, Successful Farming<\/strong> R.C. Ferguson Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Kyle Bauer, KFRM Radio<\/strong> Dilworth Award for Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n Gary Cooper, Southeast AgNet\/Citrus Industry Magazine<\/strong> Workhorse of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Lori Wohletz, Colle+McVoy<\/strong> Outstanding Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n Lacy Carroll, Colle+McVoy<\/strong> Horizon Award Recipients<\/strong> Kim Maloney, Freebairn & Co.<\/strong> Luann Pisarik, J.L. Farmakis<\/strong> Josh Krenz, Land O’Lakes<\/strong> Mindy Hempler, Syngenta<\/strong> NAMA has named the organization’s national leadership award recipients. Awards were presented at the Best of NAMA, April 13 in Kansas City. Presidents Award Curt Blades, Successful Farming This award is given to an individual who most closely supports the President\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s key objectives.\u00c2\u00a0 Curt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s focus on Careers and involvement with National Ag Day has earned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3607"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3636,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis award is given to an individual who most closely supports the President\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s key objectives.\u00c2\u00a0 Curt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s focus on Careers and involvement with National Ag Day has earned him this distinction.\u00c2\u00a0 He possesses a never-ending commitment to NAMA, demonstrated through his leadership on all levels of the organization.<\/p>\n
\nThe RC Ferguson Award recognizes a long tenure of service and diligent and dependable performance.\u00c2\u00a0 Kyle has become part of the backbone of NAMA. His dedication over the years has never wavered.\u00c2\u00a0 Even after serving a full term on the Executive Committee, Kyle stepped up to be the chair of the membership committee. Membership numbers are up to the highest since 2003.<\/p>\n
\nThis award honors true originality in volunteer efforts by an individual or chapter. Gary Cooper has led a resurgence in the Florida chapter and organized an Ag Tour in conjunction with the ARC meeting in February.<\/p>\n
\nThe Workhorse of the Year Award recognizes individuals who fulfill a major assignment and inspire others to work harder, better and smarter.\u00c2\u00a0 Lori\u00c2\u00a0 was chair of the 2011 Agri-Marketing Conference Committee and led a team that accomplished high sponsorship participation and increased attendance.<\/p>\n
\nThis award honors acceptance of responsibility and effective management of programs.\u00c2\u00a0 Lacy served as the 2010 Trends in Ag chair and spearheaded the program during its move out of Kansas City to Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
\nHorizon Awards recognize achievements by up-and-coming members of the organization on local, regional and national levels.<\/p>\n
\nKim is the president of the Southeastern Chapter.\u00c2\u00a0 She has been responsible for trying to resurrect the chapter and spearheaded the Southeastern Chapter Best of NAMA Ceremony.<\/p>\n
\nLuann has been an institution in the Cornbelt Chapter having served as the secretary\/treasurer for several years. She is also the vice chair of the Chapter Services committee which is charged with planning the leadership workshops at the Agri-Marketing Conference and Trends in Ag.<\/p>\n
\nJosh is a past president of the North Central Chapter and has been instrumental in planning programs and events in that area.<\/p>\n
\nMindy has served on the Boot Camp Committee for two years and has been responsible for planning the Ag Tour that is held in conjunction with that meeting.\u00c2\u00a0 During her tenure, the Ag Tour has been a huge success and continues to enjoy high ratings from attendees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"