WSGA Board
WSGA Staff

WSGA OFFICERS

	Mark Eisele - President
	Jim Wilson – First Vice President
	Joel Ohman – Region I Vice President (Sheridan, Johnson, Crook, Campbell & Weston Counties)
	Dennis Thaler – Region II Vice President (Albany, Platte, Goshen & Laramie Counties)
	Dennis Sun – Region III Vice President (Natrona, Converse & Niobrara Counties)
	Jack Berger– Region IV Vice President (Teton, Sublette, Lincoln, Uinta, Sweetwater & Carbon Counties)
	Rob Crofts – Region V Vice President (Park, Big Horn, Washakie, Hot Springs & Fremont Counties)

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

Call on Jim for: Issue-related questions, comments and updates related to state or national agriculure issues, and information/input on the Association's policies and directives.

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

Call on Vera for: Membership questions, accounts payable/receivable, convention registrations, and general inquiries about the day-to-day activities of the Association.

Kosha Olsen, Program 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

Call on Kosha for: Inquiries about special events and programs, this website, membership recruitment, partnership opportunities, and grants.

Liz Lauck, Communication and Publications Director
Liz is a 2009 graduate of the University of Wyoming with a degree in Agricultural Communications. She spent her childhood on agriculture operations in Wyoming and Colorado. Liz lives in Wheatland, Wyo. with her husband Tyler. She began working at WSGA in May 2009 as an intern and was hired on full time in September 2009.
liz@wysga.org

 

Call on Liz for: Publications, news and media relations, social media efforts, www.realranchers.com, and the Wyoming Ag Ownership Network (WAGON) program.