Board of Directors
Kraig Kelley
President
Kelley Bean Company
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Email Kraig
Courtney Schuler
Vice President
Trinidad Benham Corporation
Bayard, Nebraska
Email Courtney
Samuel Peck
Secretary / Treasurer
Jack’s Bean International
Holyoke, Colorado
Email Sam
Michael Byrne II
Russell E. Womack, Inc.
Lubbock, Texas
Email Michael
Stacey Masters
21st Century Bean Processing, LLC
Sharon Springs, Kansas
Email Stacey
Joel Parreira
California Bean and Pea, Inc.
Tulare, California
Email Joel
Dave Weber
New Alliance
Alliance, Nebraska
Email Dave
U.S. Dry Bean Council Representatives
Delegate – Dave Weber, New Alliance
Alternate – Sam Peck, Jack’s Bean International
US Dry Bean Convention Representative
Lesa White, Trinidad Benham Corp.
Executive Director
Chelsea Thomas
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
2021-2023 Dave Weber
2024 – Kraig Kelley
Committees
BY-LAWS
Sam Peck – Chair
Jack’s Bean International
(303) 664-1150
Mike Byrne • Kraig Kelley
GRADES
Sam Peck – Chair
Jack’s Bean International
(303) 664-1150
Kraig Kelley • Joel Parreira • Dave Weber
NOMINATING
Bobby Redwine – Chair
Texas Best Bean & Seed, Inc.
(806) 285-3144
Mike Byrne • Kevin L. Kelley • Joel Parreira
WEBSITE
Courtney Schuler – Chair
Trinidad Benham Corp.
(308) 225-1775
Brian Byrne • Kraig Kelley • Breanna Rains
BUDGET
Sam Peck – Chair
Jack’s Bean International
(303) 664-1150
Joel Parreira • Courtney Schuler • Dave Weber
LEGISLATIVE/SAFETY/SANITATION
Tom Harmon – Chair
Jack’s Bean Co.
(970) 854-3702
Ismael Barrios • Sara Johnson • Brian Kaman
PROGRAM (CONVENTION)
Lesa White – Chair
Trinidad Benham Corp.
(303) 220-1400
Stacey Masters • Bobby Redwine • Courtney Schuler
Lesa White, U.S. Dry Bean Convention Representative
CROP REPORTING
Kraig Kelley– Chair
Kelley Bean Company
308-635-6438
Stacey Masters • Joel Parreira • Sam Peck • Bobby Redwine • Courtney Schuler • Dave Weber
MEMBERSHIP
Stacey Masters – Chair
21st Century Bean Processing, LLC
785-898-0007
Michael Byrne II • Sara Johnson • Courtney Schuler
TRANSPORTATION
Stacey Masters – Chair
21st Century Bean Processing, LLC
785-898-0007
Shane Byrne • Kasey Dietz