Source: World Dairy Expo
World Dairy Expo is pleased to announce that Janet Keller has accepted the position of Communications/Public Relations Manager. “Janet is ideally suited for this role,” notes Mark Clarke, World Dairy Expo General Manager. “With more than 25 years of active involvement in marketing and the dairy industry, and having been both an exhibitor and volunteer at the show for many years, she will be a valuable member of our management team.
Keller holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where she majored in Ag and Extension Education with a Dairy Science Emphasis. She began her dairy career with Tri-State Breeders in Westby, Wis. as Public Relations Coordinator. She later worked for Mapleleaf Genetics as In-Office Manager, Agri-Graphics professional dairy cattle photography as a lab technician and Accelerated Genetics, serving as the Vice President of Marketing Communications. Most recently, she was the Customer Service Coordinator for Semex, working out of their Madison, Wis. office.
Keller is an accomplished dairy cattle judge, having officiated at numerous shows throughout the state. She conducted business at World Dairy Expo for many years as a commercial exhibitor, and also served on World Dairy Expo’s Commercial Exhibitor Committee. While volunteering at the show, she’s assisted with the dairy cattle judging contests, helped with commercial exhibits move-in, led school tours and assisted with show ring interviews.
In her new role, Keller will oversee World Dairy Expo’s advertising, communications and public relations programs. She will also assist with World Dairy Expo’s for-profit subsidiary, WDE Management, providing management services to the Dane County Fair, North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge, Purebred Dairy Cattle Association and Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation, Inc.
World Dairy Expo is an international trade and cattle show for dairy producers, which takes place at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. “Around the World of Dairy in 5 Days” is the theme for the 2011 show, scheduled for October 4-8. For more information, contact World Dairy Expo at 608-224-6455 or visit www.worlddairyexpo.com.
