Committees
CONVENTION COMMITTEE
Chairman: Liam Rogers – Hudson Tank Terminals Corporation
Joseph Basile — Catania Oils
Mark Chmielewski – RJ O’Brien
Walter Floyd – Darling Ingredients, Inc.
John Healy — Columbus Vegetable Oils
Jarred Johnson — ADM
Tom Kerstetter — Ring Container Technologies, Inc.
Brian Shultz – MPB Commodities Brokerage Inc.
Nate Smithson – Moving Parts LLC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Brian Owens, PBF Energy
First Vice President: Changjian Ji, Cargill, Inc.
Second Vice President: Nate Smithson, Moving Parts, Inc.
Treasurer: Scott Peterson, Odin Marine Inc.
Director: Joseph Basile, Catania Oils
Director: Liam Rogers, Hudson Tank Terminals
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs: Tara Ryan – Cargill, Inc. & Andy Seagren – Ventura Foods
Courtney Lawrenson — Ag Processing Inc.
Craig Mullen — Bridgewell Agribusiness, LLC
Will Swanson — Cargill, Inc.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Chair: Shane Veasey — Ag Processing Inc.
Keith Bryan — Procter & Gamble Co.
Beth Cook — CMC Foods
Paige Kennebeck — Moving Parts LLC
Ryan Simeral —MPB Commodities Brokerage Inc.
Ernest Webb — NETCO
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
The Scholarship Committee is responsible for administering NIOP’s scholarship program.
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Chair: Dave Reeble – Moving Parts LLC
Derrick Augspurger — Bunge
Cheryl Moore (Daughter of Mr. Mogerley, whom NIOP’s scholarship is named after; And wife of NIOP member, Craig Moore — Hudson Tank Terminals)
Laurie Rogers (daughter of Mr. Mogerley, whom NIOP’s scholarship is named after; And wife of NIOP member, Liam Rogers — Hudson Tank Terminals)
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Chair: Todd Biedenfeld, CHS, Inc.
Beth Cook — CMC Foods
Jackie Greatorex — Spack International Inc.
Paige Kennebeck — Moving Parts LLC
Logan Kuch — Columbus Vegetable Oils
Alissa Novotny — VEOS
Sara Repa — Bunge
RULES COMMITTEE
Chair: Brett Peterson, CHS, Inc.
Taylor Halstead — Cargill, Inc.
Jane Hayden — ADM Oils
Scott Peterson — Odin Marine Group, LLC
Liam Rogers — Hudson Tank Terminals
Andre Thionville — Thionville Lab. & Survey Company, LLC
Dennis Walker — Procter & Gamble
PRODUCT INTEGRITY COMMITTEE
The Product Integrity Committee, newly created in 2022, is responsible for notifying the Board of Directors as they work on efforts to ensure Product Integrity.
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Chair: Joseph Basile, Catania Oils
Stephen Basile — Catania Oils
David Bezenyei — Columbus Vegetable Oils
Juan Colmenares — AAK, USA
Andy Crews — Stratas Foods
Phil Fontenot — Ventura Foods
Cherilynn Whitehouse — AAK, USA
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Coming soon!
Chair: Coming soon
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SPOUSE COMMITTEE
Coming soon!
Chair: Coming soon
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OILS UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE
Coming soon!
Chair: Coming soon
Coming Soon
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Coming soon!
Chair: Coming soon
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