GUELPH – The board of directors of the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) elected their new president and vice president at BFO’s 58th Annual General Meeting held in Toronto recently.
Rob Lipsett will lead the association in the year ahead as president with Jack Chaffe serving as vice president.
BFO past president, Joe Hill, stepped down after completing the maximum three terms on the BFO board of directors.
Embarking on his seventh year on the BFO board, Lipsett has served on the board for six years as a background director.
Jack Chaffe from Perth County will enter his fifth year on the board as feedlot director and will move to the position of vice president.
Joining the BFO board in 2020 are Don Hargrave and David Millsap who will both serve three-year terms, and Joe Dickenson who will serve a two-year term.
He will represent the cow-calf sector, and will replace Craig McLaughlin as cow-calf director.
Millsap will serve as feedlot director, and will replace Joe Hill who completed three terms on the board.
Dickenson will serve as a feedlot director, replacing Mert Schneider who stepped down from the board earlier this year after completing one year of his three-year term. Returning to the BFO board is Craig McLaughlin, who was re-elected by voting delegates to serve as eastern director, which is a change from his first term during which he served as a cow-calf director. Lipsett was also acclaimed as background director.
