Beef Board Leadership
Officers of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board are elected by fellow board members and serve as volunteers. Please click on the name of the member to view their profile and contact information. You may contact the Beef Board office if you wish to be put in contact with any of the officers or the staff CEO.Fax: (303) 220-9280
E-mail: beefboard@beefboard.org
 | WESLEY GRAU Chair Wesley is a partner/owner of Grau Charolais Farm and Ranch and also raises wheat. He is the past president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, past president of the New Mexico Beef Cattle Performance Association, member of the American International Charolais Association, NCBA and past president of the New Mexico Wheat Growers Association. He and his wife have three children and five grandchildren. |
 | WELDON WYNN Vice-Chair Weldon Wynn owns Wynn Beefmaster Farms and Wynn Rice and Soybean Farm. In addition, he and his wife own and operate Wynn Insurance Agency. He is an active member of his community and industry, including service on the board of directors of the Pine Bluff National Bank of Star City; former emcee and judge of the National Beef Cook-Off; National Beef Ambassador judge; past president and active member of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association; member of the University of Arkansas Animal Science 2000 Advisory Council; past president, treasurer, and fair manager of the Lincoln County Fair, among many others. On the Beef Board, Weldon has served on the Beef Promotion Operating Committee, the CBB Executive Committee, the Joint Advertising Committee, for which he served as vice chair in 2010, and the Joint Beef Industry Budget Committee. |
 | KIM BRACKETT Secretary/Treasurer Kim is a cow-calf/stocker from Castleford, Idaho. She has been an active member with the Idaho Beef Council, serving as chair, vice chair and treasurer; Idaho Cattle Association, serving as committee and sub-committee chair; and the 71 Livestock Association. |
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POLLY RUHLAND Chief Executive Officer Polly Ruhland has served the beef industry for more than 20 years, most recently as vice president of planning and evaluation for CBB. Previously, she was with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), holding senior positions in the areas of state beef council and affiliate relations, issues management, membership and communications. Polly served as communication director for the North American Limousin Foundation (NALF), was compliance coordinator for the institutional animal care and use committee at Colorado State University, and worked as director of communications for the American Gelbvieh Association. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in agriculture with an emphasis in beef industry leadership from Colorado State University. Polly has one son, Ryan, and lives in Centennial, Colo. with her husband, Randy. |
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