ASAS Midwest Section Committees
2025-2026 Award Committees
Award committees and participation on the committees is defined in the rules associated with an award. Award committees are posted after all nominations are received for the year, as the structure of the committee often changes to avoid conflict of interest.
Agribusiness Award
IA - L. Greiner (Chair)
CO - K. Coble
IA - J. De Jong
KS - H. Frobose
IA - T. Kellner
IA - C. Pilcher
Extension Specialist Award
MO - J.S. Johnson (Chair)
NE - J. Sperber
Researcher Award
NE - L. Rempel (Chair)
NE - A. Cupp
TX - K. Hales
IN - B. Kim
Stahly/Peo Award
MO - J.S. Johnson (Chair)
KS - L. Becker
KS - K. Gaffield
CA - K. Kim
Teacher Award
SD - C. Levesque (Chair)
IL - P. Cardoso
OH - A. Garcia Guerra
SD - J. K. Grubbs
Young Scholar Award
IL - C. Shull (Chair)
MO - J.S. Johnson
SD - C. Levesque
Dr. Gary Allee Graduate Student Travel Award
KS - B. Goodband
IA - L. Greiner
KS - K. Gaffield
Swine Nutrition Heritage Fund Travel Award
IL - C. Puls
KS - M. Tokach
2026-2027 Program Committees
Animal Behavior, Health, and Well-Being
MI - A. Luttman (Chair)
CANADA - J. Chun
MN - Y. Li
MN - A. Denton
Beef/Small Ruminant Translational
IA - G. Gutierrez (Chair)
KS - E. Briggs
Equine Translational
TBD
Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics
IN - L. Brito (Chair)
NE - H. Wijesena
MO - J. Musa
Growth, Development, Muscle Biology, Meat Science
MI - J. Kim (Chair)
IN - T. Ogunribido
Nonruminant Nutrition
KS - K. Gaffield (Chair)
GA - D. Bloxham
IN - J. Hong
Physiology
NE - A. Cupp (Chair)
SD - J. Drum
WI - S. Ortega
IN - N. Horn
Ruminant Nutrition
MO - C. Constantino Rocha (Chair)
IA - J. Hergenreder
KS - M. King
SD - Z. Smith
Swine Translational
TX - E. Posey (Chair)
IL - C. Puls
IA - S.R. Silva Junior
Teaching and Extension Education
KS - J. Warner (Chair)
MO - H. Twenter
IL - C. Archer
Student Graduate/Undergraduate Competitions
IA - M. Bible (Chair)
KS - A. Hartman
KS - D.A. Lopez Diaz
GA - Y.D. Jang
David H. Baker Symposium
CANADA - R. Zijlstra (Chair)
IL - H. Stein (Vice Chair)
IL - K. Soltwedel (Secretary)
NC - S.W. Kim (Past Chair)
Harlan Ritchie Symposium
TX - D. Lust (Chair)
MO - M. McCully
NE - K. Bruns
NC - T. See
Billy Day Symposium
MO - T. Safranski (Chair)
WY - M. Day
IA - S. Terlouw
NC - B. Flowers
KS - D. Davis
