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| Leadership Team |
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| Brad Cowan, CEO/President |
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Brad Cowan joined the coop system in October of 2000 as the General Manager of Frontier Equity in Goodland, KS. His prior employment experience was with ADM in several locations. After a series of mergers and acquisitions Brad is now the CEO and President of Frontier Ag, Inc. In this role Brad oversees management of the coop’s 26 locations and approximately 260 employees across NW Kansas. Brad reports to a 10 member Board of Directors and membership of over 5,000 member/owners. Brad’s family consists of his wife Kris and 4 children. Two children attend college in Kansas and two are in high school. Brads leisure activities include restoring muscle cars, camping and fishing with the family. |
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| Brian Linin, CFO |
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Brian is the Chief Financial Officer of Frontier Ag, Inc. He has a significant background in industry and agriculture, having worked for The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, ITW Dymon, Liquid Soap Products, the Wallace County Coop, and Frontier Equity Exchange. Brian grew up on a farm in Goodland, and has been actively involved in production agriculture all his life. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University, where he graduated cum laude.
Brian is an agricultural producer in Sherman County, and serves in several professional associations, including the Kansas Wheat Commission, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association, the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers’ Association, and the Oncology Advisory Board to The Children’s Hospital in Denver, CO. Brian has served on the Goodland Area Chamber of Commerce, and is actively seeking a position on CoBank’s Board of Directors. Brian and his wife, Janda, have three children: Annika (6), Mirari (3), and Blair (3), and they enjoy boating, biking, skiing, billiards, dancing, and movies. |
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| Ben Brandvik, Grain Division Manager |
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Ben Brandvik has managed Frontier’s grain marketing division for the previous 4 years. His role is to oversee the merchandising staff in the Quinter, Oakley and Goodland office. Ben is responsible for the grain buying, hedging, selling and transportation activities for the company. Ben also works closely with the operations managers prioritizing grain movement to help achieve logistical requirements for the different locations.
Ben started in the industry 25 years ago by working in an elevator near his home in Texas. He quickly moved into location management and then into merchandising. Ben’s farm and ranch upbringing allow him to understand the needs and desires of our customers. Ben’s goal is to maximize farmer returns while limiting company risk. |
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| Greg Duncan, Operations Manager-West |
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| Jim Foltz, Operations Manager-Central |
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Jim started working for Frontier Ag, Inc. in October of 2007. Jim has over 29 years in Grain handling, Marketing and Operations of Grain Facilities. Jims past experience includes Managing large Grain Terminals in Topeka, Kansas, Lubbock, Texas and 100 Car Train loading Terminals in Shelton, Nebraska, Colby, Kansas, WaKeeney, Kansas, and Coolidge, Kansas. Jim currently oversees the Grain and Agronomy Operations of Frontiers Page City, Oakley, Grinnell, Breton, Rexford, Menlo, and Sequin Facilities. Jim and his wife Mindy have three grown children and one grandchild. |
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Curtis Meier, Operations Manager-East |
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Curtis Meier is operations manager in the eastern territory. He has worked in cooperative system for 23 years. He has lived his whole life in the graham county where he worked with his dad on the farm until he went to work for the Farmers Coopertive in 1986. Through the last 23 years he has worked under five different company names. He is based out of Morland where he also lives and serves on the city council and fire dept. |
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| Jason Dinkel, Petroleum Division Manager |
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Jason Dinkel currently serves as our energy division manager; he oversees all aspects of the energy department and is based out of our WaKeeney office. Jason started his coop carrier in September 1999 as assistant manager of the WaKeeney service station prior to that he worked for an independent tire dealer. He later became the manager of the WaKeeney station and managed the petroleum department for Midwest Coop. Jason and his wife Shelly have two children and they live in WaKeeney. |
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| Keith Karnes, Agronomy Division Manager |
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| Dylan Warden, Safety and Compliance Manager |
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