BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
ACA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ryan Dunklau – President Northwest Region • Nebraska • Term expires 2023 402.369.2025 • dunkcattleco@gmail.com Justin Tracy – Vice President At Large Director • Nebraska • Term expires 2023 308.962.4255 • justin@tracycattle.com Segayle Foster – Secretary Southwest Region • Texas • Term expires 2022 806.445.2496 • segaylef@yahoo.com Andy Higgins, Treasurer Southeast Region • Tennessee • Term expires 2023 615.330.6446 • higg1andy@aol.com Neal Branscum At Large • Kentucky • Term expires 2024 606.872.5395 • nealbrascum@hotmail.com Ken Culp, III, Ph.D At Large Director • Kentucky • Term expires 2022 859.227.7506 • ken.culp@uky.edu Derek Evans At Large • Kentucky • Term expires 2022 217.218.0242 • derek@summitflooring.us Jeff Miller At Large • Indiana • Term expires 2024 765.414.4547 • jeffmillershowcattle@yahoo.com Colton Prescott Northeast Region • Indiana • Term expires 2024 260.729.2713 • crprescott92@yahoo.com Keith Schrick At Large • Texas • Term expires 2023 817.366.6435 • wine@schricksliquors.com Nate Tice At Large • Iowa • Term expires 2024 717.926.0874 • tice152@gmail.com Tyler Winegardner At Large • Ohio • Term expires 2022 419.236.4375 • tylerwinegardner@icloud.com
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| CHIANINA JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2022
The Way I See It: The Long Way Home by Ken Culp, III, Ph.D, At Large Director
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once heard it said that a lifetime can best be judged by viewing it in reverse, starting at the end, and rewinding to the beginning. In this way, the impact of decisions that were made at the beginning crystalize, draw sharply into focus, and become transparent. I’ll rewind back to 1994. In those days, state associations hosted the Junior National. It was held that year in Richmond, Ind. Sue and Terry Comer served as co-chairs. I was invited to judge showmanship, along with Tom Younts. I enjoyed it so much that I stayed for the remainder of the show and the banquet. When I drove home, I knew that this was the event in which our girls would one day participate. Lorene Snow invited me to Iowa the following year, in 1995, where I judged senior speeches, officiated the judging contest, and served as the associate showmanship judge. By that time, I was absolutely hooked. Kentucky hosted the junior national in 2000. We had just moved to the Bluegrass state the previous year, and that was our first national junior heifer show. We haven’t missed once since. Fourteen years ago, in August 2008, I was approached by three different Chiangus breeders, each of whom encouraged me to run for the ACA Board of Directors, representing the Southeast Region. It was the seat that was being vacated by Jill Boddicker Miller, who was concluding a six-year stint on the board. The complexion of the ACA board was strikingly different in 2008 than it is in 2022. If elected, at age 51, I would be the board’s second youngest member. Additionally, I would be the only board member whose children were currently exhibiting in the national junior heifer show. While I was very flattered to be asked, I wasn’t sure that the timing was right. Brittany was about to enter her freshman year at UK; Kelsey would be a junior in high school, and Laurel, still 10, would be a 6th grader in middle school. I talked with a few friends who had also served on the Board to determine what the expectations and the time commitment would be, and to solicit their advice. One former board member offered this pearl of wisdom “If you’re not an alcoholic before you’re elected to the ACA Board of Directors, you will be when your term is finished.” I talked with Nancy and the girls and eventually decided that I would run. John Woodroof was one of the three breeders who signed my petition. Before he signed it, he told me this: “I’ll be glad to sign your petition, but I want you to promise me two things. You’ll attend every meeting, and you’ll participate in the discussion.” I ended up serving six years, laid out two years, then served another six. Over the course of the 12 years that I have served on the ACA Board, I can honestly say that I did not become an alcoholic, I attended every meeting held except one, and I believe that
