New IBBA Officers Elected at Annual Meeting & Convention

Attendees at the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) 2017 Annual Meeting and Convention installed newly-elected officers to the board of directors on Feb. 11 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa.

The newly-elected board members are Vern Suhn, of Suhn Cattle Company in Eureka, Kansas, who will represent IBBA members in area three, and Danny Farris, of Farris Ranching Company in Tuscola, Texas, who will represent IBBA members in area seven. The newly-elected officers are President Brandon Belt, Gatesville, Texas; First Vice President Eddy Roberts, O’Brien, Florida; Second Vice President Doyle Miller, Waynesboro, Tennessee; Treasurer Bill Davis, Concord, Arkansas.

“We have the greatest breed around, and I look forward to working with the IBBA Board of Directors to move Brangus even further forward this year,” Belt said in his opening remarks, “building on the momentum that has been growing the last few years as we rebuild the cow herd with Brangus.”

IBBA’s Annual Meeting was comprised of a membership address by IBBA Executive Vice President Tommy Perkins, PhD., PAS, committee reports, Mike Vorel’s outgoing president’s address, an introduction of new board members and officers, recognition of outgoing president, and remarks from the incoming president.

The activities for IBBA’s 2017 Convention were focused on the history and heritage of the IBBA. The program’s agenda included an IBBA board meeting, staff break-out sessions on registry and DNA, a ceremonial ribbon cutting, educational sessions, a casino-night fundraiser for the International Brangus Breeders Foundation, the annual Awards Banquet, and a family-friendly night at the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch.

“A big time was had by all at the 2017 IBBA Convention,” said Belt. “The food was great, and the fellowship and opportunity to visit and learn from other Brangus breeders and industry-leading cattlemen and women was even better.”

Click here to read a full event recap for 2017 Annual Meeting & Convention.