Our 2023 Board of Directors
Austin Putz, PhD
Hendrix Genetics (Hypor)
President / Commercial Breeding Company
Austin is currently a geneticist with Hypor (a part of Hendrix Genetics) as well as an affiliate professor with Iowa State University.
John Quackenbush
Minitube
Vice-President / Allied Industry
John is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at Minitube USA.
Benny Mote, PhD
Associate Professor, UNL
Secretary
Benny is current an Associate Professor at the University Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL). He is a swine extension specialist there.
Brian Strobel
Jyga Technologies (Gestal)
Treasurer
Brian is currently in Sales and Service at Jyga Technologies (Gestal).
Dr. Christian Maltecca
Professor, North Carolina State University
Public Research Institution
Dr. Maltecca is a Professor at North Carolina State University. His research has included work on inbreeding, applied genomics, and more recently microbiome research.
Dr. Juan Pedro Steibel
Lush Endowed Chair, Iowa State University
Public Research Institution
Dr. Steibel is currently the Lush Endowed Chair within the Animal Science Department at Iowa State University. He has done research in PLF, social interaction models, breed composition, among many other topics.
Lauren Honegger, MS
Allflex (a Merck Company)
Allied Industry
Lauren is currently a swine specialist at Allflex Livestock Intelligence North America.
Dallas McDermott
Biotronics
Allied Industry
Dallas is currently in sales and does research with Biotronics Inc.
Jeff Ley
Merck Animal Health
Allied Industry
Jeff currently works for Merck working on the LeeO team.
Richard Leach, PhD
Smithfield Premium Genetics (SPG)
Commercial Producer
Richard is currently Director of Genetic Services at SPG. He is a past president of NSIF.
Hannah Green, MS
Fast Genetics
Commercial Breeding Company
Hannah is currently a geneticist with Fast Genetics.
Rob Fitzgerald, PhD
PIC
Commercial Breeding Company
Rob is currently a Genetic Services Coordinator at Genus PIC.
Doug Newcom, PhD
National Swine Registry
Swine Breed Association
Doug is currently the VP of global technical service for NSR.
