Meet the Cohort – NIAA website

Meet Cohort 1

of the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders

Cohort Members

Rebecca Barnett

National Association of the State Departments of Agriculture

Tera Barnhardt

Animal Welfare Consulting & Research, LLC

Pierce Bennett

Minnesota Farm Bureau

Kaitlyn Briggs

Dairy Management, Inc.

Ryan Goodman

Beef Runner

Todd Hanten

Hanten’s Dairy, Inc.

Katherine Harrison

Harrison Farms

Michelle Hiscocks

Iowa State University Department of Animal Science

Madison Hopcia

Upstate Niagara Cooperative

Josh Luth

SCS Global Services

Karaline Mayer

Hill’s Pet Nutrition

Eric Moore

Norbrook, Inc.

Alaina Sill

Seaboard Foods

Hayley Springer

Pennsylvania State University

Reginald Strickland

Strickland Farming Group

Cohort 1 Timeline

Early February 2022
First in-person seminar (Kansas City, MO)
NIAA Selects Inaugural Cohort for New Leadership Program
April 20-22, 2022
Second in-person seminar (Kansas City, MO)
August 2022
Third in-person seminar (Sacramento, CA)
NIAA’s Animal Agriculture Leaders Take a Bite of Sacramento
November 2022
Fourth in-person seminar (Alexandria, VA)
Late April 2023
Final in-person seminar (Kansas City, MO)
NIAA Graduates Animal Agriculture Leaders

Cohort 1

Rebecca Barnett, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Tera Barnhardt, Animal Welfare Consulting & Research, LLC
Pierce Bennett, Livestock Marketing Association
Kaitlyn Briggs, Dairy Management, Inc.
Ryan Goodman, Beef Runner
Todd Hanten, Hanten’s Dairy, Inc.
Katherine Harrison, Harrison Farms
Michelle Hiscocks, Iowa State University Department of Animal Science
Madison Hopcia, Upstate Niagara Cooperative
Josh Luth, Innovation Center for US Dairy
Karaline Mayer, Hill’s Pet Nutrition
Eric Moore, Norbrook, Inc.
Alaina Sill, Seaboard Foods
Hayley Springer, Pennsylvania State University
Reginald Strickland, Strickland Farming Group