The Fertilizer Institute’s membership elected a new slate of board members during the official general business session of TFI’s 2009 Fertilizer Marketing Business Meeting, which took place Feb. 2-5 in San Diego. The following individuals have been elected to serve one year terms: Farouk Chaouni, Agrifos Fertilizer, LP; Michael Wilson, Agrium, Inc.; Nicholas Adamchak, Ameropa North America, Inc.; Vladimir Nikolaenko, Belarusian Potash Company; Stephen Wilson, CF Industries; Cheryl Schmura, CHS, Inc.; Brian Harlander, Gavilon Fertilizer; Stanley Riemann, CVR Energy, Inc.; James Spradlin, GROWMARK; Qamar Bhatia, Honeywell Resins and Chemicals; Stephen Stallons, ICEC; Robert Jornayvaz, Intrepid Potash; William Whitacre, J.R. Simplot Company; Melih Keyman, Keytrade AG; Steve Packebush, Koch Fertilizer; Robert Jones, Mississippi Phosphates; William Doyle, PotashCorp; John Ambrose, Rentech Energy Midwest; Michael Bennett, Terra Industries Inc.; Denny Addis, The Andersons, Inc.; James Prokopanko, The Mosaic Company; Ronald Stanton, Transammonia, Inc.; Gene Gauss, Wilbur-Ellis; and Pete Valesares, Yara North America, Inc.
Additionally, TFI’s membership elected Robert Brown, CALAMCO; Ronald Bryan, Great Salt Lake Minerals; Donald Ford, American Plant Food Corp.; and George Porvaznik, Jeffersonville River Terminal, to serve three-year terms. Two honorary directors, Gary Black, Georgia Agribusiness Council, Inc., and Jean Payne, Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association, were also welcomed by the board of directors.
TFI is governed by a 39-member board of directors representing the importing, manufacturing, wholesale, and retail sectors of the fertilizer industry.
Athabasca Potash Inc. has appointed Leo Bingleman as a director. Bingleman, who will also chair the audit committee, is a chartered accountant with 25 years experience as a financial executive in the mining industry.