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8 GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS Young Producers' Symposium Kevin Oschner, M.S., was born and raised on an irrigated farm and registered cattle operation in Fort Collins, Colo. He attended Colorado State University (CSU) where he was a member of the CSU livestock judging team and was actively involved in FFA, serving as a National FFA officer in 1987-88. In 1997, Kevin earned a master’s degree in management from the Krannert School of Business at Purdue University. Kevin spent more than two decades working for the Indianapolis-based consulting firm Agri Business Group/ Adayana before founding his own consulting practice, Agcellerate, LLC. Over the past 27 years, he has had the privilege of providing strategic planning, marketing consulting, sales/management training and keynote speaking services to some of the country’s largest animal health, crop protection, seed, feed and farm machinery companies. In addition to his consulting and TV hosting responsibilities at NCBA’s Cattlemen to Cattlemen, Kevin manages his family operation consisting of 130 registered Limousin and Lim-Flex cows and irrigated corn, alfalfa and grass hay along the South Platte River. Mark F. Allan, Ph.D., presently serves as the director of genetic technology for Trans Ova Genetics, Sioux Center, Iowa. In this role he oversees R&D for genetics, genetic marketing opportunities and new product development activities. From 2003 to 2008, Mark served as a research geneticist for the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb. From 2008 to 2011, he served as the associate director of global technical services for Pfizer Animal Health-Genetics. Additionally, from 2006-2011 he served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Nebraska Animal Science Department. Mark has delivered numerous invited symposium talks in North America and abroad. He has received multiple industry awards, including being named one of the “Top Ten Industry Leaders Under 40” by Cattle Business Weekly and receiving the Trail Blazers Teachers and Researchers honor from the American Angus Association. Richard Fagerlin is the founder and president of Peak Solutions. With over 20 years of leadership and organizational development experience, he is a sought-after speaker, consultant and facilitator. Richard is one of the leading authorities on the topic of trust, travelling internationally, helping clients create a culture of high trust and develop leaders at all organizational levels. He will provide insight that will benefit you in both your personal and professional life, as well as give you new and impactful ways to think about all of your relationships. Thursday, June 21 • Morning Session Michael Genho, M.S., MBA, joined Elanco Animal Health in 2011 and currently manages all commercial operations for Elanco’s U.S. beef feedyard business. In this capacity he directs all feedyard sales of Elanco’s feed additive, vaccine and antibacterial portfolio. He also leads a team of statisticians and economists who provide value-added analytical services to U.S. beef industry live production and packing customers. They offer performance, animal health and financial analyses for feedyards representing approximately 40 percent of total U.S. cattle on feed. Michael completed his bachelor’s degree in animal science from Brigham Young University, earned his master’s degree with emphasis in meat science from Colorado State University and an MBA/MA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Michael worked at Conagra Foods as a food scientist for four years, developing protein product lines for their branded frozen foods business. He later worked as a strategy consultant for Ascendant Partners, a Denver-based food- and agribusiness-focused consultancy and investment bank. In this role, Michael led due diligence, feasibility analysis, forecasting and capital-raising efforts for over 25 firms in the food, renewable energy and agribusiness industries. Mark McCully, M.S., , vice president of production at Certified Angus Beef LLC, is responsible for the brand’s supply chain efforts. He leads strategies incorporating the seedstock, cow-calf, feeding and packing sectors to raise