TEGMA Re-Elects Officers for 2022

Kansas City, MO – February 4, 2022-- TEGMA members have re-elected Terry McDermott, director of supply chain, Bunge, as Chairman.  The election came at the Association’s annual meeting held January 27, 2022, at the Westin Kierland Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ.   

The group re-elected Wyatt Brummer, vice president-western rail grains, The Scoular Company, as first vice chairman.  Greg Beck, senior vice president, Grain Division, CGB Enterprises, was re-elected second vice chairman.

Active members re-elected to three-year terms on the Board of Directors were:

• Greg Beck, CGB Enterprises, Inc., Mandeville, LA

• Angela Caddell, BNSF Railway, Fort Worth, TX

• Jason Hess, Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, NE

In addition, Ross Edwards, vice president-transportation, The Gavilon Group, was elected to complete the remaining term of Joe Smith on the Board of Directors.

Elected by members to one-year terms on the Board were representatives of Associate Members:   Katie Hadenfeldt, GATX, and Ron Seeber, CEO, Kansas Grain and Feed Association.  Chairman McDermott thanked outgoing Board Members Joe Smith with Arizona Grain and  Jeff Yoakum with Bank of America Merrill Lynch for their service on the Board. 

The newly-elected board members join the following incumbents on the Board.

• Wyatt Brummer, The Scoular Company, Overland Park, KS

• Patrick Bryan, Pacificor LLC, Portland, OR

• Terry McDermott, Bunge, St. Louis, MO

• Shaun Meiners, The Andersons, Overland Park, KS

• Aaron Reid, J.D. Heiskell & Company, Omaha, NE

TEGMA staff officers are Bob Petersen, President, and Erica Venancio, Secretary-Treasurer.

TEGMA is a North American trade association whose members include leading grain shipper, receivers and rail carriers, as well as many related businesses.