Beneficial Reuse Management – Management Brief

The Gypsoil™ division of Beneficial Reuse Management, Chicago, announced the recent hiring of Dr. Patrick McGinnity as national sales manager and Rich Kann as territory sales representative for Iowa. McGinnity will coordinate all sales of Gypsoil brand gypsum direct to agricultural crop growers and via distributors and agricultural retailers. He
will also oversee the development of the company’s rapidly expanding sales team and distribution network, now covering 15 states in the Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-South. Dr. McGinnity was previously director of business development for Calcium Products Inc., Gilmore City, Iowa, a marketer of mined agricultural products, including gypsum. He has over 30 years experience in the sales and marketing of agricultural products at companies such as Rohm & Haas, PPG Industries, NuFarm America, and Syngenta. He holds a PhD in Soil Microbiology from the University of Minnesota. Most recently, Kann was director of planning for Validus Services, Urbandale, Iowa. He earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural systems technology, with a minor in agronomy, from Iowa State University.