Jim Hendrix, Chairman
Steve Brown, General Manager
Gene Chohon -
Alan Stromberger -
Troy Newton, At Large Director
Bud Beismeier, At Large Director

Jim Hendrix,
Chairman
James B. Hendrix founded Progressive Agricultural Management, Inc. in 1988 and is its President and a major shareholder. Pro-Ag manages irrigated farmland and grassland in Weld, Yuma, and Phillips County, Colorado; Finney and Haskell County, Kansas; and Chase and Dundy County, Nebraska. The principal crops produced on land managed by Pro-Ag include Light Red Kidney beans, popcorn, alfalfa, and corn.

Mr. Hendrix also is a partner in a family partnership that owns and operates irrigated farmland and runs a cow-calf pair and stocker cattle operation in Yuma County, Colorado. From 1976 to 1988 he was manager of VAL Farms (4,000 irrigated acres) where he introduced the production of dry edible beans and adapted the farm for the production of Light Red Kidney beans. He was instrumental in developing the farm management division of VAL Farms.

Mr. Hendrix graduated from Colorado State University in 1973 with a B.S. degree in Animal Sciences. He has taken business management courses at the University of Colorado (1973-74) and participated in the Executive Program for Agricultural Producers at Texas A&M (1994-97). He was named National Outstanding Young Farmer by the American Farm Bureau (1982); served on the pesticide users National Advisory Committee of the Environmental Protection Agency (1991-94); served on the Premier Farm Credit Advisory Committee (1999-2001); and served as chairman of the Republican Party for Yuma County, Colorado (1990-95), Mr. Hendrix has served on the State of Colorado Chemigation Advisory Committee since 1995 and is also active in church and community affairs.

Steve Brown,
General Manager

Steven L. Brown has been General Manager of the Facility since its acquisition from ConAgra. He has been involved with operations of the Facility since 1974 and has been employed by ConAgra Foods, Inc., since 1992. Until 2002, he was Regional Manager for the Rocky Mountain Area for ConAgra, having supervisory responsibility for approximately nine processing locations and nine receiving locations including the Facility, and approximately 75 employees.

When ConAgra discontinued its regional offices in 2000, he took the position of Manager / Grower Services in charge of operations of the Facility ad also works in supply side marketing. From 1982 to 1992, he was employed by Jack's Popcorn Company, a previous owner of the Facility, as Executive Vice President and General Manager having responsibility for finance, budgeting, and bean processing plants in five states.

Mr. Brown is on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Dry Bean Administrative Committee, and has served as its Secretary / Treasurer for the last eight years. He also has served as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the National Dry Bean Council for the past four years and recently was elected its Secretary / Treasurer.