Joel Brandenberger will retire as president and CEO
2 July 2024
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The Nationwide Turkey Federation (NTF) introduced the appointments of Dale Nellor as senior vp of presidency affairs and Taya Machado as advertising and marketing supervisor.
Nellor brings to the NTF staff greater than 20 years of public coverage expertise working in Washington and can succeed Leslee Oden, who formally assumed her new position as president and CEO on July 1. Machado lately graduated from Texas State College in San Marcos, Texas, and can spearhead NTF advertising and marketing actions. The appointments comply with the retirement of Joel Brandenberger, who served 33 years at NTF, 17 of these within the position of president and CEO.
A local of Nebraska, Nellor most lately served as the manager vp of the Nationwide Water Assets Affiliation. He beforehand served as an advisor to Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, managed the legislative affairs efforts for USDA’s Rural Improvement mission and led the federal government affairs groups on the American Meat Institute and North American Millers’ Affiliation. Nellor was raised on a diversified row crop and livestock operation in northeast Nebraska and stays lively within the operation right this moment. He graduated from Concordia College of Wisconsin in 2001 with a B.S. in Enterprise Administration. He at present lives in Annandale, Virginia along with his spouse Dianne and their two sons.
A robust background in barbecue and culinary tradition, Machado has supported advertising and marketing efforts at a number of barbecue festivals and competitions throughout the nation by capturing digital content material and strategizing advertising and marketing wants for award profitable pitmasters and competitors barbecue groups. She lately earned her bachelor’s diploma in Digital Media Innovation at Texas State College, leading to a stable basis in advertising and marketing and social rules and a deepened ardour for digital advertising and marketing and artistic technique. Machado originates from a small city in Central Texas known as Seguin, and now lives in Austin, Texas.
