Agribition directors elected
Kim Hextall of Grenfell, Sask., has been elected president of Canadian Western Agribition for 2022-23.
Hextall and her family have exhibited at Agribition for the 24 years. She has been the chair of various committees, most recently chair of the CWA scholarship fund board. She and her family raise purebred and commercial Black Angus cattle and own and operate Hextall Livestock out of Grenfell.
Members elected to the executive are:
- vice-president: Michael Latimer, Olds, Alta.
Executive members at large:
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- Kelsey Ashworth, Oungre, Sask.
- Levi Jackson, Sedley, Sask.
- Stephen Scott, Calgary
CWA’s executive committee also includes past-president Chris Lees of Arcola, Sask.
Representatives from Saskatchewan elected to the board of directors to serve a two-year term include Kelsey Ashworth from Oungre, Levi Jackson from Sedley, Marty Kratochvil from Milden, Garth Newell from Carlyle, Ali Pike from Grand Coulee, and Carol Poole from Pilot Butte.
College president moves on
Stuart Cullum has resigned as president of Olds College in Olds, Alta.., to take the role of president at Red Deer Polytechnic in July.
During Cullum’s five-year tenure as president, the college expanded its programing, enrollment, applied research, land base, partnerships, donations, and investments in agriculture and technology.
Some of these include:
- launching the Olds College Strategic Plan
- twelve percent increase in enrolment including a doubling of international enrolment
- implementation of the college’s first Indigenous relationship building strategy
- creating the Olds College Smart Farm that included doubling of the college’s land base to 3,600 acres
- establishing the Werklund School of Agriculture Technology and the creation of ag-tech credentials
- $95 million in new revenue and investments
- generating more than $30 million in applied research funding
- creating the Olds College equity, diversity and inclusion committee
