Board of Directors

Your OABA Officers and Board of Directors consist of fifteen (15) individuals who are your fellow OABA members or employees of OABA members of the association. They represent various segments of the agribusiness industry in Ohio. They contribute their time, experience and expertise, without compensation, for the good of the industry and the Association.

Jill Boyd

CHAIRWOMAN
Officer Term Expires: 4/30/2016
Represents: Fertilizer Industry

Territory Sales Manager
Morral Companies, LLC
132 Postle Street
Morral, OH 43377
Phone: 740-465-3751
Fax: 740-465-9781

Mark Sunderman

VICE CHAIRMAN
Officer Term Expires: 4/30/2018
Represents: Fertilizer Industry

President/CEO
Deshler Farmers Elevator Company
114 W Maple Street
P.O. Box 226
Deshler, OH 43516-0226
Phone: 419-278-3015
Fax: 419-278-8305

Herb Mayer

PAST CHAIRMAN
Officer Term Expires: 4/30/2014 

Turf and Ornamental
Trupointe Cooperative, Inc.
P.O. Box 189
415 Bellbrook Avenue
Xenia, OH 45385-0189
Phone: 937-372-3541
Fax: 937-372-3141

David C. Barrett

DIRECTOR
First Term Expires: 4/30/2013
Represents: Member-At-Large

Attorney at Law and Partner
Barrett, Easterday, Cunningham & Eselgroth LLP
7269 Sawmill Road
Dublin, OH 43016-9021
Phone: 614-210-1840
Fax: 614-210-1841

Walt Burd

DIRECTOR 
 Second Term Expires: 4/30/2015
Represents: Agrichemical Industry

Purchasing Manager
Town & Country Co-op Inc.
813 Clark Avenue
Ashland, OH 44805
Phone: 419-289-0408
Fax: 419-281-9806

Doug Busdeker

DIRECTOR 
First Term Expires: 4/30/2015
Represents: Member-At-Large

Area General Manager, Farm Centers, Plant Nutrient Group 
The Andersons, Inc.
P.O. Box 119
480 West Dussel Drive
Maumee, OH 435374-0119
Phone: 419-891-2984
Fax: 419-891-6588

David Case

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires: 4/30/2014
Represents: Seed Industry  

Bayer CropScience
P.O. Box 477
Enon, OH 45323-0477
Phone: 937-239-0924
Fax: 937-864-7522

Jim Collins

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires: 4/30/2015
Represents: Member-At-Large

Vice President
GVM West
4341 Sandhill Road
Bellevue, OH 44811
Phone: 1-800-848-8460
Fax: 1-800-541-0755

Jack Heim

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires: 4/30/2014
Represents: Grain Industry  

General Manager
Menncograin
233 South Sandusky Avenue
Upper Sandusky, OH 43351
Phone: 419-294-2337
Fax: 419-294-4966

Nathan Louiso

DIRECTOR
First Term Expires: 04/30/2015
Represents: Seed Industry

Regional Sales Manager
AgriGold
4685 St. Rt. 133
Batavia, OH  45103
Phone: 614-348-6314

Paul Riehm

DIRECTOR 
 Second Term Expires: 4/30/2015
Represents: Grain Industry

Grain Merchant
Bunge North America
605 Goodrich Road
P.O. Box 369
Bellevue, OH 44811
Phone: 419-483-5499
Fax: 419-483-3804

Andy Swerlein

DIRECTOR
First Term Expires: 04/30/2013
Represents: Feed Industry

General Manager
Luckey Farmers, Inc.
1200 W Main Street
P.O. Box 217
Phone: 419-849-2711
Fax: 419-849-2720

John Ward

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires: 4/30/2013
Represents: Member-At-Large

President
ABIS/JH Ward Agency
P.O. Box 98
Unionville Center, OH 43077
Phone: 614-873-3333
Fax: 614-873-3133

Dave Wurm

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires: 4/30/2014
Represents: Agrichemical Industry

Rosen's Inc. 
6265 Ross Bend
Dublin, OH 43016
Phone: 614-313-4900
Fax: 614-873-2679

Thomas Zitter

DIRECTOR
Second Term Expires: 4/30/2014
Represents: Feed Industry

Owner
Big K Mills, Inc.
2485 Sharpsburg Road
Ft. Recovery, OH 45846-9801
Phone: 419-375-4578
Fax: 419-375-4890