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LEADERSHIP TEAM
Farmer Board for the last five years and has been the
3rd District producer representative for 10 years. Served
as director and chairman for All Points Cooperative of
Gothenburg, Neb., Lexington Co-op Oil, and director for
former Farmland Industries. Active in several state and
local cooperative and agricultural organizations. Raises
corn, soybeans and alfalfa near Lexington, Neb. Earned
a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from
the University of Nebraska. Elected to the Nebraska
Hall of Agricultural Achievement in 2013. Completed
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
comprehensive Director Professionalism course and
received its Certificate of Director Education and was
among the first corporate directors in the U.S. to earn
NACD distinction as a Board Leadership Fellow.
Bob Bass (1994): Served as first vice chairman for
nine years. Member of CHS Foundation Finance
and Investment and Audit committees, also served
nine years as chairman. Served on the board of the
Cooperative Network and the board of Co-op Country
Partners in Baraboo, Wis., for 15 years, including seven
as its president. Partner in a family farm operation,
which includes a 500-acre dairy and feed grain
enterprise. Earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural
education from the University of Wisconsin and is a
former agricultural educator. Completed the National
Association of Corporate Directors comprehensive
Director Professionalism course and received its
Certificate of Director Education.
C.J. Blew (2010): Serves as a member of the
Governance and CHS Foundation Finance and
Investment committees. Serving his third term as a
director and now as chairman of MKC (Mid Kansas
Coop), Moundridge, Kan.; previously served as vice
chairman and secretary. Served on the 2010 CHS
Resolutions Committee and attended the CHS New
Leader Institute. Holds a position on the Hutchinson
Community College Ag Advisory Board. Past director
of Reno County Cattlemen’s Board. Member of the
Kansas Livestock Association, Texas Cattle Feeder’s
Association and the Red Angus Association of America.
Farms in a family partnership that includes irrigated
corn and soybeans, dryland wheat, milo and soybeans,
along with a commercial cow-calf business. Earned an
applied science degree in farm and ranch management
from Hutchinson Community College. Achieved Board
Governance Fellowship status from the National
Association of Corporate Directors.
Jon Erickson (2011): Serves as a member of Capital and
Government Relations committees. Previously served
as a member of the Governance Committee, and as
director and chairman for Enerbase of Minot, N.D., an
energy and agricultural supply cooperative. Past director
on the North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) board, the
NDFU Mutual Insurance board and served on the CHS
Resolutions Committee. Third generation of his family
to serve in a cooperative leadership role. Also served
on National Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research
Board, South Prairie School Board, Ward County School
Reorganization Board, Freedom Township Board,
North Dakota Farmers Union Board and North Dakota
Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Board. Member of
NDFU and the North Dakota Stockman’s Association.
Operates third-generation Diamond T Ranch near
Minot, where his family raises small grains and oilseeds
and has a Hereford-Angus cow-calf operation. Earned a
bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from North
Dakota State University.
Jerry Hasnedl (1995): Previously served as the chairman
of CHS from 2011–2012. Serves on Government Relations
and Governance committees, Cooperative Network
Board of Directors, representing farm supply co-ops.
Former secretary-treasurer and chair of the Executive
and Capital committees, as well as the CHS Foundation.
Back row, from left: Erickson, Johnsrud, Blew, Hasnedl, Anthony, Eischens, Kruger, Riegel, Bass, Knecht, Kayser, Malesich
Front row, from left: Schurr, Bielenberg, Carlson, Fritel
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