California Dairy Leaders Program- Class IX

Western United Dairymen  introduced the California Dairy Leaders Program to develop informed producers who will take leadership roles in the next generation of dairy organizations. Eight  participants have been selected for California Dairy Leaders Class IX - - Read article

 Class IX members are:

California Dairy Leaders Class IX

·    Joanne De Raadt, John & Joanne De Raadt Dairy, Oakdale

·    Brian Fiscalini, Fiscalini Farms, Modesto

·    Tessa Hall, Western United Dairymen, Visalia

·    Travis Kamper, Mt. Whitney Dairy, Riverdale

·    Brian Toledo, Toledo Dairy, Galt

·    Vonda Van Vliet, Creekside Dairy, Escalon

·    Travis Visser, Gerrit Visser & Sons Dairy, Riverdale

·    Stephen Weststeyn, Weststeyn Dairy, Linden

 

Class 9: From left,  Tessa Hall, Joanne De Raadt, Stephen Weststeyn, Vonda Van Vliet.


The program’s material will be covered in five multi-day sessions, including a trip to the nations’ capitol to personally meet California legislators. WUD began the program in 2002 to develop informed producers who will take leadership roles in the next generation of the state’s dairy organizations. Since then, seven classes have completed the program.

Class Sessions

  • Session 1 - - Marketing  and Media Training- San Francisco

  • Session 2 - - State Legislative Process- - Sacramento

  • Session 3 - - Economics - - Modesto,

  • Session 4 - - Federal Issues - -  Washington DC,

  • Session 5 - - Environmental Issues - Modesto

  • Graduation, annual convention

  • Class 9 blogs