By Chelsea Dinterman, Byline co-editor
The Ag Communicators Network and the ACN Professional Improvement Foundation elected new board members at the annual meeting in St. Louis last month.
2026-2027 ACN Board of Directors
- Past President – Joy Crosby, Georgia Peanut Commission/Southeastern Peanut Farmer
- President – Joel Reichenberger, DTN/Progressive Farmer
- President-Elect – Betty Haynes, Midwestern Lens
- Director – Courtney Girgis, Rooted Communications (exp 2027)
- Director – Jenny Ring, Precision Planting (exp 2027)
- Director – Clint White, United Sorghum Checkoff Program (exp 2027)
- Director – Chelsea Dinterman, Successful Farming (exp 2028)
- Director – Katie Knapp, The Ag Photographer (exp 2028)
- Director – Ryan Tipps, AgDaily (exp 2028)
- Director – Mary Kendall Dixon, Informed Ag (exp 2029)
- Director – Jennifer Latzke, Farm Progress (exp 2029)
Newly elected to the ACN Board of Directors are Clint White, United Sorghum Checkoff Program, who fills an unexpired term ending in 2027, and Mary Kendall Dixon, Informed Ag, and Jennifer Latzke, Farm Progress, to terms expiring in 2029.
Please join us in thanking outgoing ACN Board members — Wyatt Bechtel, Rachael Davis, Pam Caraway — for their dedicated service.
2026-2027 ACN Professional Improvement Foundation Board of Trustees
- Chair – Katie Dehlinger, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
- Vice Chair – Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal
- Secretary/Treasurer – Holly Spangler, Farm Progress
- Trustee – Miranda Reiman, Angus Media (exp 2027)
- Trustee – Emily Unglesbee, GROW (exp 2027)
- Trustee – Jennifer Warren, Caprock Strategies (exp 2027)
- Trustee – Jennifer Carrico, DTN/The Progressive Farmer (exp 2029)
- Trustee – Jamie Cole, Red Barn Media Group (exp 2029)
- Trustee – Greg Hillyer, Progressive Farmer (exp 2029)
- Trustee – Harlan Persinger, Hensphotos (exp 2029)
- Trustee – Mike Wilson, Farm Progress (exp 2029)
Newly elected to the ACN PIF Board of Trustees are Greg Hillyer, Progressive Farmer, retired; Harlan Persinger, Hensphotos; and Mike Wilson, Farm Progress.
Thank you to the retiring ACN PIF trustees: Lyle Orwig, Certified Ag Dealer; Gil Gullickson, Wallaces Farmer; and Bill Spiegel, The Furrow, for their dedicated service to the foundation.
-Dinterman is an Agronomy & Livestock Editor for Successful Farming.