The newest district director is Jan Christensen of Shenandoah, representing District 7. Christensen and his wife, Ellen, raise corn, soybeans and cattle. Christensen has served as a member of the State Judicial Nominating Commission and is a charter member of the Page/Fremont County Corn Growers Association, having served as its president and on the board of directors. He is replacing John Schlorholtz of Percival; Schlorholtz did not seek reelection.
Others reelected to three-year terms include Brian Kemp of Sibley, representing District 1; Dean Coleman of Humboldt, representing District 2; Cindi Grover of Elma, representing District 3; John Heisdorffer of Keota, representing District 9; and Ron Heck of Perry, at large.
Delbert Christensen, ISA president-elect and director of District 4 from Audubon, was pleased with voter turnout and the number of candidates running for positions.
“We had a group of very excellent candidates running for positions this year,” Christensen says. “Voter turnout was great and we had 2 candidates running for every position, so it was a very highly contested race. I’m also looking forward to working with Jan [Christensen] in the coming years.”
Other district directors include Curt Sindergard of Rolfe, representing District 1; Wayne Fredericks of Osage, representing District 2; Bob Cole of Fayette, representing District 3; Sheila Hebenstreit of Jefferson and Delbert Christensen of Audubon, representing District 4; Randy VanKooten of Lynnville and AJ Blair of Dayton, representing District 5; Ed Ulch of Solon, representing District 6; Ray Gaesser of Corning, representing District 7; Cliff Mulder of Pella, representing District 8; Mark Jackson of Rose Hill, representing District 9; Jim Andrew of Jefferson, Roy Arends of Alexander and Tom Oswald of Cleghorn, at large directors.
The new slate of directors will assume their seats on the ISA board on September 8.
Funded by the soybean checkoff
