Date & Time
Tuesday, August 8
10am - 4pm
Philip Luce
CEO
White Commercial Corporation
On the WCC team since: 1995
Favorite part of the job: Collecting and sharing great ideas about grain trading
Before I came to WCC I: Did homework, mowed lawns, bussed tables, stocked groceries – I’ve been here since I was 19 years old.
Other interests: Traveling with my family, being just okay at a few different musical instruments, training and competing in Brazilian jiu jitsu.
Something else about you: I believe that communication is one of the most difficult things that any person ever attempts – and that it’s worth working hard to get good at it.
Favorite part of the job: Collecting and sharing great ideas about grain trading
Before I came to WCC I: Did homework, mowed lawns, bussed tables, stocked groceries – I’ve been here since I was 19 years old.
Other interests: Traveling with my family, being just okay at a few different musical instruments, training and competing in Brazilian jiu jitsu.
Something else about you: I believe that communication is one of the most difficult things that any person ever attempts – and that it’s worth working hard to get good at it.
Jeff Reardon
CPA/CFO Services
White Commercial Corporation
On the WCC team since: 2008
Favorite part of the job: Helping grain companies get the funds necessary to grow into the companies they believe they can be.
Before I came to WCC I: Spent a couple of decades selling money for a few very large banks.
Other interests: Competing at just about everything.
Favorite part of the job: Helping grain companies get the funds necessary to grow into the companies they believe they can be.
Before I came to WCC I: Spent a couple of decades selling money for a few very large banks.
Other interests: Competing at just about everything.
Keri Jacobs
Executive Director
Graduate Institute of Cooperative Leadership
Dr. Keri L. Jacobs is Executive Director of the Graduate Institute of Cooperative Leadership and associate professor and MFA Chair in Agribusiness at the University of Missouri. Keri’s passion is to assist cooperatives in elevating their success and prominence by partnering to address the unique needs of agricultural cooperatives. Her outreach focuses on the development of governance and financial acumen of directors and employees, and on raising awareness and engagement among cooperative members. Her research considers producers’ opportunities through collective action within their supply chains and the consequences of consolidation on agricultural cooperatives.
Kurt Harris | Vice President
CoBank
St. Charles, MO
Joe Alsup | Principal
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Springfield, IL
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