TUCKER, Ga. – The US Poultry & Egg Association 2011 officers and directors were recently announced. The officers include: Chairman, Gary Cooper, Cooper Farms, Oakwood, Ohio; vice chairman, Mark Waller, Ingram Farms, Cullman, Ala.; treasurer, James Adams, Wenger’s Feed Mill, Rheems, Pa.; secretary Elton Maddox, Wayne Farms, Oakwood, Ga.; and immediate past chairman, Steve Willardsen, Cargill Value Added Meats, Wichita, Kan.

Board members include Bill Bradley, CCF Brands, Rogers, Ark.; Lyman Campbell, Koch Foods of Alabama, LLC, Montgomery, Ala.; Tim Davis, Pfizer Poultry Health, Overland Park, Kan.; Alan Duncan, Mountaire Farms, Little Rock, Ark.; Tom Hensley, Fieldale Farms, Baldwin, Ga.; Greg Hinton, Rose Acre Farms, Seymour, Ind.; Jay Houchin, Farbest Farms Inc., Jasper, Ind.; Richard King, Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif.; Dr. Kenton Kreager, Hy-Line International, Dallas Center, Iowa; Don Mabe, American Proteins, Cumming, Ga.; Pete Martin, Mar-Jac Poultry, Gainesville, Ga.; Sherman Miller, Cal-Maine Foods Inc., Chase, Kan.; Wes Morris, Tyson Foods, Springdale, Ark.; Jerry Moye, Cobb-Vantress, Siloam Springs, Ark.; Shawn Nicholas, Baader-Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.; Dr. Ron Prestage, Prestage Farms of S.C., Camden, S.C.; Clint Rivers, Perdue, Salisbury, Md.; Walt Shafer, Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, Pittsburg, Tex.; Keith Shoemaker, Butterball LLC, Mt. Olive, N.C.; and Todd Simmons, Simmons Foods, Siloam Springs, Ark.