Board of Directors

Dave Weber
President
New Alliance
Alliance, Nebraska
dweber@newalliance.coop

Courtney Schuler
Vice President
Trinidad Benham Corp.
Bayard, Nebraska
cschuler@trinidadbenham.com

Mike Byrne
Secretary/Treasurer
Past President 2012
Russell E. Womack, Inc.
Lubbock, Texas
m.byrne@casserolebean.com

Kraig Kelley
Kelley Bean Co.
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
kraigkelley@kelleybean.com

Samuel Peck
Jack’s Bean International
Holyoke, Colorado
sammy.jacksbean@gmail.com

David Prusse
Prusse Sales and Export, LLC
Lone Tree, Colorado
david@prussesales-export.com

Bobby Redwine
Texas Best Bean & Seed, Inc.
Olton,Texas
texasbestbean@hotmail.com
U.S. Dry Bean Council Representatives
Delegate – Courtney Schuler, Trinidad Benham Corporation
US Dry Bean Convention Representative
David Prusse, Prusse Sales and Export
Executive Director
Vickie Root
admin@rockymountainbean.org
Past Presidents
1916 T. D. Phelps
1917 G. G. Willson
1918 J. A. McSwigan
1919 L. M. Hunt
1920 Mortimer Simons
1921 Robert Fletcher
1922-25 C. E. Williams
1926 G.E. Ady
1927 Fred W Simpson
1928 W. G. Shedron
1929 Glen H. Riley
1930-31 M. C. Dolan
1932 G. G. Wilson
1933 H. W. Young
1934 L. W. VanVleet
1935 G. E. Ady
1936 Fred W. Simpson
1937 L. J. Flood
1938 Chester B. Brown
1939 J. W. Jackson
1940 W. G. Shedron
1941 Fred W. Simpson
1942 C. G. Willson
1943 R. L. Kelley
1944-45 J. W. Jackson
1946 F. E. Hockingsmith
1947 T. J. Halter
1948 Fred Simpson Jr.
1949 C. J. McConnell
1950 R. R. Willson
1951 B. J. Brown
1952 F. Regis Daily
1953 M. C. Rodney
1954 Wayne Van Vleet
1955 F. Regis Daily
1956-57 M. C. Rodney
1958 William D. Prusse
1959 F. Regis Daily
1960-61 Wayne Snyder
1962-63 Bill C. Horton
1964 James Mathews
1965 Ralph Farr
1966-68 M. C. Rodney
1969-70 Robert L. Wilcox
1971 Don G. Rundall
1972 Larry F. Mertes
1973-75 Gary L. Kelley
1976-77 Clifford Peterson
1978-80 Richard Bornmann
1981-82 Deane Eagelston
1983 Jim Fitzgerald
1983-84 Bill Guth
1985-86 Randy Gormley
1987-88 Robert L. Kelley, Jr.
1989-90 Galen Diehl
1991-92 Randy Mathews
1993-94 Stephen Snyder
1995 Larry Cotham
1996-00 Ed Anderson
2001-03 Kevin L. Kelley
2004-06 Lynn Preator
2007 Dick Simpson
2008-11 Judd Keller
2012 Mike Byrne
2013-14 Mark Thompson
2015-17 Richard Duty
2018-20 Judd Keller
Committees
BY-LAWS
Sam Peck – Chair
Jack’s Bean International
(303) 664-1150
Mike Byrne • Kraig Kelley • David Prusse
GRADES
Sam Peck – Chair
Jack’s Bean International
(303) 664-1150
Larry Lande • Chad Nickels • Kraig Kelley
NOMINATING
Bobby Redwine – Chair
Texas Best Bean & Seed, Inc.
(806) 285-3144
Kevin L. Kelley • Dick Simpson • Larry Lande
WEBSITE
Courtney Schuler – Chair
Trinidad Benham Corp.
(308) 225-1775
Kraig Kelley
BUDGET
Mike Byrne – Chair
Russell E. Womack, Inc.
(806) 747-2581
David Prusse • Courtney Schuler • Dave Weber
LEGISLATIVE/SAFETY/SANITATION
Tom Harmon – Chair
Jack’s Bean Co.
(970) 854-3702
Sara Johnson • David Prusse • Brian Kaman
PROGRAM (CONVENTION)
David Prusse – Chair
Prusse Sales and Export, LLC
(303) 471-4050
Stacey Masters • Ryan Erickson • Bobby Redwine • Courtney Schuler
David Prusse, U.S. Dry Bean Convention Representative
CROP REPORTING
Dave Weber – Chair
New Alliance
(308) 762-8014
Joel Parriera • Sam Peck • Bobby Redwine • Rod Tanner • Courtney Schuler
MEMBERSHIP
Chad Nickels – Chair
C.K. Nickels, Inc.
(806) 272-7500
Sara Johnson • Max Hinrichs • Stacey Masters
TRANSPORTATION
Charlie Witmer – Chair
Kelley Bean Co.
(308) 635-6438
Juan Carrizales • Steve DiPasquale • Bob Allan