WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 – The National Association of Wheat
Growers (NAWG) named a new chief executive officer today who has a long history
within the soybean industry.
Jim Palmer was selected by the
NAWG Board of Directors after a search process led by the NAWG officers and
grower-leaders of the National Wheat Foundation, NAWG’s affiliated charitable
organization.
He will officially begin work
with the Association and Foundation as of June 1, though he plans to meet with NAWG’s
grower-leaders and staff throughout the month of May.
“Our farmer-leaders were very
impressed with Jim’s experience and vision for the wheat industry, and we are
excited to have him take the lead on the NAWG staff,” said Bing Von Bergen,
NAWG’s president and a farmer from Moccasin, Mont., who has also served as
NAWG’s interim CEO since late February.
“We are confident that under
Jim’s leadership, NAWG will be able to face the challenges we have before us
now in Washington and grow our industry well into the future.”
Palmer has worked in
administrative roles for national and state agriculture organizations for the
past 30 years, most of that time in the soybean industry. From 1997 until early
2012, he worked as the executive director for the Minnesota Soybean Growers
Association and the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council.
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