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Sommer Smith

National Shorthorn Lassie President

Meet the 2022 National Shorthorn Lassie Board

Greetings from the National Shorthorn Lassies. It is a great privilege for me to introduce our board of directors for 2022.

Meet the officer team:

President - Sommer Smith of Walton, Kansas. Sommer has served several terms on the National Lassie Board since 2001 and is a former queen mom. She and Troy own M Bar Shorthorns in Walton, Kansas. Outside of the cattle industry Sommer is the CFO of Moundridge Communications Network a rural telephone and internet provider.

Vice President - Desirae Logsdon of Amanda, Ohio. Desirae is a former National Lassie Queen and had the designation of being our queen for a year and a half. Desirae is currently works for the City of Circleville Ohio and operates her own Shorthorn herd Foster Farms Shorthorns.

Secretary - Sydney Miller of Charlotte, Michigan. Sydney is a former National Alternate Lassie Queen. She currently works for Michigan State University Extension as a Community Nutrition Instructor. Recently, she moved back to the family farm, Narrow Brook Shorthorns which allows her be part of the operation.

Treasurer - Pam Dressen of Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Pam is a former queen mom and was a MN state queen. Their family has been in the shorthorn industry for over 100 years. Pam is a kindergarten teacher that utilizes ag in the classroom as much as she can. She not only teaches, but she is the secretary treasurer of the MN Shorthorn association.

Public Relations - Christina Wenderski of Loraine, Illinois. Christina is a past National Queen. She currently works as an import/export specialist at Phibro Animal Health. Christina, her husband Ryan and son Troy are part of a 4 generation Shorthorn operation.

Queen Co-Chair - Elaine Dragstrem is a 3rd generation shorthorn breeder, she has 2 daughters Megan and Allison, that both served as junior board members. Bob and Elaine not only raise shorthorn cattle in Indiana, but also corn and soybeans. Elaine has been a pre-school teacher for 18 years.

Gwen Crawford is a former junior activities director for the ASA. She currently lives in North Dakota. Gwen served on the junior board and has been active with the association her entire life. Gwen is the City Administrator for Valley City, North Dakota.

Our directors are: Faye Smith, Emily Fry, Faye Korthaus, Jaqueline Meisner, and Tawana Holland.

Please reach out to any board member throughout the year with any questions you may have about the National Shorthorn Lassies. =

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