Current Board of Directors - American Dairy Goat Association

The ADGA Board of Directors is elected directly by ADGA Members and serve for three years. At the end of their term directors are eligible for reelection. The Board of Directors elects the ADGA Executive Committee at the beginning of each Annual Meeting. The year designation at the end of the name represents term expiration in the list below.

To learn more about how ADGA functions see Governance Overview

2025-2026 ADGA Board of Directors

District One – Northeastern
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire. Rhode Island, Vermont, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec)

Thomas G. Cox (2026)
Philip M. Cassette (2028)
VACANT

District Two – Eastern
(New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania)

Todd Biddle (2028)
Lynn Fleming (2026)
Peter Snyder (2027)

District Three – Southeastern
(Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Islands of the Atlantic and Central and South America.)

Jane Bailey (2028)
Christine Owen (2027)
Jackson Noble (2026)
Karen Smith (2027)
April Hitch (2028)
Richard Grossman (2026) – Not Pictured

District Four – North Central
(Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin)

Julie Matthys (2028)
Kirt Schnipke (2027)
Travis Cockburn (2026)
Ed Jodlowski (2027)
Anna Thompson-Hajdik (2026)
Yvonne Marie Blosser (2028)

District Five – South Central
(Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma)

Tecoa Stroda (2028)
Ellen F. Dorsey (2026)
Laura Ann Warren-Hughes (2027)

District Six – Southwestern
(Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Mexico)

Stacey Roussell (2028)
Sandra VanEcho (2026)
Marshall Losey (2027)

District Seven – Northwestern
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Islands of the Pacific and Asia)