National Mastitis Council Presidents

NMC Presidents serve a one-year term, after serving one year as First Vice President and one year as Second Vice President. The Presidency alternates annually between individuals representing industry and academia.

2023
Christina Petersson-Wolfe
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

2022
Linda Tikofsky
Boehringer Ingelheim
Trumansburg, New York

2021
Patrick Christian
Christian Hill Dairy
Lomira, Wisconsin

2020
Sarne De Vliegher
Ghent University
Merelbeke, Belgium

2019
Jason Lombard
USDA:APHIS:VS:CEAH
Fort Collins, Colorado

2018
David Kelton
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

2017
Mario Lopez
DeLaval
Kansas City, MO

2016
Sandra Godden
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN

2015
Gary D. Neubauer
Zoetis
New Ulm, Minnesota

2014
John R. Middleton
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

2013
David A. Reid
Rocky Ridge Dairy Consulting
Hazel Green, Wisconsin

2012
Sheila M. Andrew
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

2011
J. Eric Hillerton
DairyNZ
Hamilton, New Zealand

2010
Pamela L. Ruegg
University Of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

2009
Norman G. Schuring
GEA Farm Technologies
Naperville, Illinois

2008
Lawrence K. Fox
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

2007
Jeffrey A. Johnson
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Grove City, Minnesota

2006
Joseph S. Hogan
Ohio State University
Wooster, Ohio

2005
James L. Winter
Ecolab
St. Paul, Minnesota

2004
Leo L. Timms
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

2003
Andrew P. Johnson
Total Herd Management Services
Clintonville, Wisconsin

2002
Stephen C. Nickerson
Virginia Tech University
Blacksburg, Virginia

2001
Gary D. Heinrich
Pharmacia Animal Health
Kalamazoo, Michigan

2000
M. Ann Godkin
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Fergus, Ontario, Canada

1999
James A. Dickrell
Dairy Today
Monticello, Minnesota

1998
Robert J. Harmon
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

1997
Keith E. Sterner
Sterner Veterinary Clinic
Ionia, Michigan

1996
K. Larry Smith
Ohio State University
Wooster, Ohio

1995
Joseph P. Scolaro
IBA, Inc.
Millbury, Massachusetts

1994
Jeffrey K. Reneau
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota

1993
Robert E. Gray
Alfa Laval Agri, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri

1992
Stephen B. Spencer
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

1991
Terence M. Mitchell
Babson Bros. Co.
Naperville, Illinois

1990
William L. Crist
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

1989
Paul D. Thompson
Bou-Matic
Madison, Wisconsin

1988
J. Woody Pankey
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

1987
Donald M. Berg
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

1986
Roger P. Natzke
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

1985
Ewing H. Row
Hoard’s Dairyman
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

1984
Robert J. Eberhart
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

1983
Arlen Schwinke
Morrison, Missouri

1982
Allan N. Bringe
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

1981
Robert C. Dawson
Babson Bros. Co.
Oak Brook, Illinois

1980
James J. Jezeski
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

1979
L.H. “Bud” Schultz
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

1978
Boyd M. Cook
Dairymen, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland

1977
James R. Welch
Economic Labs, Inc.
St. Paul, Minnesota

1976
Richard D. Mochrie
North Carolina State Univ.
Raleigh, North Carolina

1975
Burdet Heinemann
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc.
Springfield, Missouri

1974
W. Nelson Philpot
Louisiana State University
Homer, Louisiana

1973
Harvey J. Wilhelm
Mt. Empire Dairymen’s Assoc.
Thornton, Colorado

1972
Donald E. Jasper
University of California
Davis, California

1971
William L. Arledge
Dairymen, Inc.
Louisville, Kentucky

1970
James W. Smith
USDA-ARS
Beltsville, Maryland

1969
James B. Smathers
MD and VA Milk Producers
Arlington, Virginia

1968
Christian J. Haller
Avon, New York

1967
Graham T. Coulter
Kraft Foods
Chicago, Illinois

1966
Harry G. Hodges
De Laval Separator Co.
Phoenix, Arizona

1965
Harry G. Hodges
De Laval Separator Co.
Phoenix, Arizona

1964
Robert W. Metzger
Dairymen’s League Coop.
Syracuse, New York

1963
Robert W. Metzger
Dairymen’s League Coop.
Syracuse, New York

1962
Robert W. Metzger
Dairymen’s League Coop.
Syracuse, New York

1961
Robert W. Metzger
Dairymen’s League Coop.
Syracuse, New York