WSGA Board
WSGA Staff

WSGA OFFICERS

Frank Shepperson - President

Shepperson Ranch Co. has been ranching in Wyoming for well over 100 years.  They are a range operation running cows, calves and some yearlings.  Frank and his family are the 6th generation on the ranch now.  Frank was the 2nd Vice-President of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association in 1992-1994.

“WSGA is Wyoming’s largest agricultural industry representative in all local and national affairs,” Frank says.  “I will help WSGA represent productivity and keep Wyoming Agriculture a viable and profitable business.”

Mark Eisele – First Vice President

David Kane – Region I Vice President
(Sheridan, Johnson, Crook, Campbell & WestonCounties)

Dave Whitman – Region II Vice President
(Albany, Platte, Goshen & LaramieCounties)

Phil Marton – Region III Vice President
(Natrona, Converse & NiobraraCounties)

Charles Price– Region IV Vice President
(Teton, Sublette, Lincoln, Uinta, Sweetwater & CarbonCounties)

Jim Wilson – Region V Vice President
(Park, Big Horn, Washakie, Hot Springs & FremontCounties)

 

WSGA STAFF

Jim Magagna, Executive Vice President

Jim is a native of Rock Springs and a lifelong sheep rancher in southwestern Wyoming. He has served as President of the American Sheep Industry Association and President of the National Public Lands Council. He has represented agriculture on numerous national, state and local councils and advisory boards. Prior to assuming the position of Executive Vice President of WSGA, he served as Director of the Wyoming Office of StateLands and Investments. Jim took over the reigns at WSGA in December of 1998.
jim@wysga.org

 

Vera Lightfoot, Office Manager

Vera was born and raised in Kemmerer, Wyoming. She and her husband Michael moved to Cheyenne in July of 1998 to be closer to their daughters who live in Fort Collins, CO. The Lightfoot’s have two daughters, four grand-daughters and one grand-son. Vera joined the Wyoming Stock Growers in January of 1999.
vera@wysga.org

 

Kosha Olsen, Communications Director

Kosha was born and raised on a farm/ranch outside of Albin, Wyoming. She attended college at NorthwestCollege in Powell, WY and Kean University in Union, NJ and earned a B.A. in Communications. After working for two years on a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills, she moved to Cheyenne in 2003 in order to marry her husband Brian. She began working at WSGA in October of 2003.
kosha@wysga.org

 

Liz LeSatz, Outreach Coordinator

Liz is a 2009 graduate of the University of Wyoming with a degree in Agricultural Communications. While at UW she served as Wyoming State FFA Treasurer, reorganized and served as president of the College Republicans, worked for the Branding Iron student newspaper and laid the groundwork for the student radio station. She also interned for the Platte County Extension Service, the Platte County Record Times, the Wyoming State Fair, and the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Liz spent her childhood on agriculture operations in Wyoming and Colorado. She grew up with parents who modeled a strong work ethic and taught her the cattle and horse industries.
liz@wysga.org