OABA Past Presidents & Chairpersons

Golf for Scholarships Committee Chair Committee Members

Andrew Gladden

Luckey Farmers Inc. 1200 W. Main St. Woodville, OH 43469 Tel: 419-849-2711 agladden@ luckeyfarmers.com

Ed Burtch

Burtch Seed Company 4742 Tama Rd. Celina, OH 45822 Tel: 419-363-3713 ejb@burtchseed.com

Dave Case

Case Ag Consulting LLC 6682 River Rd. Springfield, OH 45502 Tel: 937-896-1824 davecaseag@gmail.com

Larry Davis

Ag Resource Management 3368 St. Rte. 752 Ste. C Ashville, OH 43103 Tel: 614-271-9504 ldavis@armlend.com

Grant Gates

Morral Companies, LLC 132 Postle St. P.O. Box 26 Morral, OH 43337 Tel: 740-465-3251 ggates@ morralcompanies.com

Chris Janes

CHS Inc. 10406 E. 900 N. Markleville, IN 46056 Tel: 317-508-1834 christopher.janes@ chsinc.com

Brad Johnson

Kalmbach Feeds 7148 St. Hwy. 199 Upper Sandusky, OH 43351 Tel: 419-294-3838 brad.johnson@ kalmbachfeeds.com

Kyle McCalla

Sunrise Cooperative kylemccalla@ sunriseco-op.com

Thad Moore

Tri-Ag Products, Inc. 3520 Old Springfield Rd. London, OH 43140 Tel: 740-852-1149 thad@triagproducts.com

Aaron Oesch

Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. 668 St. Rte. 55 Urbana, OH 43078 Tel: 740-505-0617 aaron.oesch@nutrien.com

Jim Pullins II, CCA

jimpullinsii@outlook.com

John Richardson

BASF 5658 Wexler Rd. Dublin, OH 43016 Tel: 614-204-7922 john.richardson@basf.com

Elliott Ward

AssuredPartners — ABIS/JH Ward P.O. Box 98 Unionville Center, OH 43077 Tel: 614-873-3333 elliott.ward@abisonline.com

Mike Zawisza

Elevator Services & Storage, Inc. 312 W. Main St. Beaverdam, OH 45808 Tel: 419-643-5111 mike@essicompanies.com

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ADVANCING MODERN PROFESSIONALS FOR TOMORROW

OHIO AGRIBUSINESS ASSOCIATION

ARTICLE I NAME & LOCATION

Section 1. The name of this association will be the Ohio AgriBusiness Association. Section 2. The principal office of the Association will be located in Ohio as may be determined and approved by not less than two-thirds of the Board of Directors as a whole.

The Association may have such other offices as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE II PURPOSES

The purposes of this Association will be: 1. To promote and encourage the common goals, needs and interests of the agribusiness industry and those engaged in the agribusiness industry through education, legislative activities, public relations and research. 2. To consider and deal by all lawful means with common problems of management, such as those involved in the production, distribution, employment and financial functions of the agribusiness industry; to foster cooperative action in advancing by all lawful means the common purposes of its members and promote activities designed to enable the agribusiness industry to be conducted with the greatest economy and efficiency. 3. To afford due consideration to and expression of opinion upon questions affecting the agribusiness industry and the financial, commercial and industrial interests of the state and nation, and to promote the common business interests of the agribusiness industry. 4. To cooperate with other industries and organizations, including educational institutions and governmental agencies. 5. To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in the furtherance of the foregoing purposes or incidental thereto.

ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP

Section 1. Member. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in, or providing products or services to, agribusiness in the state of Ohio is eligible to become a member of this Association. The Board of Directors may create such classes or subclasses of membership as they deem appropriate from time to time. Section 2. Honorary. An individual because of eminent service to the agribusiness industry or to this Association may be extended an honorary designation in this Association by approval of not less than two-thirds of the Board of Directors as a whole; however, each Chair of the Board of this Association shall at the end of the fulfilled term of office become an honorary designee without Board action. An honorary designee of this Association shall be so for life. Section 3. Voting. Each member shall have one (1) vote in matters coming before the Association. An entity may designate for voting purposes an official representative or alternate who shall be an officer, partner or employee of that member, but proxy voting is not permitted. Section 4. Application for Membership. Any person, firm or corporation eligible for membership under these bylaws shall submit written application. Membership acceptance is subject to approval of the Board of Directors as a whole.