Co-Alliance Cooperative, an agriculture and energy co-op based in Avon, Ind., has named 19 directors representing eight districts in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan. Board officers include Tim Burke, Chairman, District 8, Monticello, Ind.; Bill Peters, Vice Chair, District 5, Sharpsville, Ind.; Tom Tucker, Secretary, District 2, Fountaintown, Ind.; and Jeremy Mills, Assistant Secretary/Assistant Treasurer, District 4, Indianapolis, Ind.
Remaining directors include: District 1 Brian Becker, Middletown, Ind., and Rendell Miller, Decatur, Ind.; District 2 Bob Newhouse, Rushville, Ind.; District 3 Gene Tapalman, West Alexandria, Ohio, and Scott Sease, Laura, Ohio; District 4 Greg Gore, Monrovia, Ind., Kim Ames, Fillmore, Ind., and Jason Summers, North Salem, Ind.; District 5 Gregg Alexander, Kempton, Ind., and Brian Presnall, Fairmount, Ind.; District 6 Dave High, Decatur, Mich., and Jerry Werner, Union Mills, Ind.; District 7 Allen Mohler, Lebanon, Ind., and Gary Hendrix, Jamestown, Ind.; and District 8 Chris Wiese, Reynolds, Ind.
Directors are elected to four-year terms by the shareholders in their district. Co-Alliance completed a merger with Harvest Land Cooperative in Richmond, Ind., on Feb. 1 (GM Jan. 29, p. 1). Co-Alliance has more than 900 employees and 90 locations, and generates $1 billion in annual sales.