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
 | DAN DIERSCHKE Chair Dan Dierschke is a fifth-generation Texas ag producer. He and his wife, Marilynn, produce beef near Austin, Texas. He is a past chairman of the Texas Beef Council; former Texas Farm Bureau State Director; and a member of the board for the U.S. Meat Export Federation, for which he previously served on the Executive Committee. Other organizations on which he continues to serve include the Technical Subcommittee on Farm Land Preservation for USDA’s National Resources Conservation Service (Texas); as an appointee of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products; as an appointee of the Texas governor to the Texas Farm & Ranch Lands Conservation Council; and as an appointee of the Texas Comptroller to the Property Value Study Technical Advisory Committee. |
 | TOM JONES Vice-Chair Tom Jones is a third-generation farmer and rancher in Pottsville, Ark., where he runs a beef cattle operation with his wife, Jayne. He holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from Arkansas Tech University. Tom has also served as a board member for the Arkansas Farm Bureau and as a Making American Agriculture Productive and Profitable (MAAPP) Committee member for the American Farm Bureau. |
 | ROBERT FOUNTAIN, JR. Secretary/Treasurer Robert Fountain, Jr. is a third-generation owner and operator of his family farm. The farm includes a commercial cow-calf operation, small grain, timber and hay. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management and agricultural economics and an MBA in management and finance, both from the University of Georgia. His list of service to the beef industry and his community is lengthy, including the Georgia Farm Bureau as a vice president, Emanuel County Farm Bureau president, Georgia Beef Board, Georgia Cattlemen’s Association past president, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Pineland Telephone Cooperative director and more. |
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TOM RAMEY Chief Executive Officer Tom Ramey is Chief Executive Officer of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB). He previously served 13 years as chief financial officer for the CBB, where he was responsible for all accounting and financial functions of the Board. Prior to that, Ramey was an audit manager with a major accounting firm and was director of operations and worldwide internal audit for an international software company. |
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