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Curt Eischens, assistant secretary-treasurer
Minneota, Minn.; elected 1990
_Member, Capital Committee; assistant secretary-treasurer,
Executive Committee; former second vice chairman
_Vice chairman, Cooperative Network; member, Minnesota
Soybean Association, Minnesota Corn Growers Association,
Minnesota Farmers Union, Minnesota FFA Alumni Association
(life member), National FFA Alumni Association; former
director, Farmers Co-op Association, Canby, Minn. (eight
years as chairman)
_Operates a family corn and soybean farm
Don Anthony
Lexington, Neb.; elected 2006
_Chairman, Corporate Risk Committee; member,
CHS Foundation Finance and Investment Committee
_Director and former chairman, All Points Cooperative,
Gothenburg, Neb., and Lexington Co-op Oil
_B.S., agricultural economics, University of Nebraska
_Raises corn, soybeans and alfalfa
Bob Bass
Reedsburg, Wis.; elected 1994
_Member, CHS Governance and Governmental Relations
committees; former first vice chairman
_Director, Reedsburg Area Medical Center; former director
and vice chairman, Cooperative Network; former director
and president, Co-op Country Partners, Baraboo, Wis.
_B.S., agricultural education, University of Wisconsin
_Partner in a family farm that includes a 500-acre dairy
and feed grain enterprise; former teacher, Cambria-Friesland
High School
David Bielenberg, chairman
Silverton, Ore.; elected 2009
(previously served 2002–2006, selected chairman 2012)
_Chairman, Executive Committee
_Former director and chairman, Wilco Farmers Cooperative
_B.S., agricultural engineering, Oregon State University
_Raises seed crops, vegetables, soft white wheat; manages
greenhouse production and timberland
Dennis Carlson, first vice chairman
Mandan, N.D.; elected 2001
_Chairman, Capital Committee; first vice chair, Executive
Committee; former second vice chairman
_Former chairman, Farmers Union Oil Company, Bismarck/
Mandan, N.D.; board member for 18 years
_Raises wheat, sunflowers and soybeans
Dan Schurr, secretary-treasurer
LeClaire, Iowa; elected 2006
_Chairman, Audit Committee; member, Executive Committee;
former first vice chairman
_Director, Blackhawk Bank and Trust, serving on audit and loan
committees; member, board of trustees, Silos & Smokestacks
National Heritage Area; former director, River Valley Cooperative,
Mt. Joy, Iowa; former director and loan committee member,
Great River Bank
_B.S., agricultural business, Iowa State University
_Raises corn and soybeans; owns commercial trucking business
Steve Fritel, second vice chairman
Barton, N.D.; elected 2003
_Chairman, Governance Committee; second vice chair,
Executive Committee; former secretary-treasurer
_Represents CHS on the Quentin Burdick Center for
Cooperatives; member, Rugby Farmers Union Elevator; former
member, Harvest States Wheat Milling Defined Member Board,
North Central Experiment Station Board of Visitors, North
Dakota Farm and Ranch Business Management Advisory Board
_A.S., North Dakota State College of Science
_Owns a family farm, raising spring wheat, barley, soybeans,
edible beans, corn and confectionary sunflower
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Detailed biographical information on the CHS Board of Directors is available at chsinc.com. As a key
component of the board’s development commitment, CHS directors complete the National Association
of Corporate Directors (NACD) certification program, with many earning Board Leadership Fellow status.
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