Lloyd Affleck
Chairman of the Board

Lloyd was appointed to the role of Chairman of the Board on November, 2010. Prior to this, he held the position of Vice-Chairman of the Board since March, 2009. Lloyd is a retired pedigreed seed farmer from Beechy, SK, and was one of the first to become a CANTERRA SEEDS shareholder in 1998. He joined the Board of CANTERRA SEEDS in 2005. Lloyd served as Vice Chairman and as Chairman for Pulse Canada. In addition, he worked as a Director with the Saskatchewan Pulse Crop Development Board and as advisor to both the development of the Special Crop Act Initiative and the SCRIP program.


Jim Wilson
Vice Chairman

Jim and his wife Norleen operate a grain farm and seed processing and marketing plant at Darlingford, MB. Jim received his Chartered Accountant designation in 1974 and worked in public practice until 1993. In 2007, Jim received the designation of Chartered Director from the Directors College.

Jim joined the CANTERRA SEEDS Board of Directors in 2010. Previously, Jim has served as Director and Chair of Agricore United, Chair of the Canada Grains Council, and on the Board of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, the Cereal Grains Value Chain Roundtable and the National Safety Nets Advisory Committee. Jim is also involved in the community, serving on the local Canadian Foodgrains Bank project committee, and having served on the Board of the Morden District General Hospital. Jim recently joined the Board of the Canadian International Grains Institute in June, 2012.


Ryan Baldwin

Ryan joined the CANTERRA SEEDS Board of Directors in February of 2011. He is currently the Director of Sales and Marketing for Westeel Storage Solutions in Winnipeg, MB, and brings many years of seed and crop inputs experience to the Board. Previously, Ryan worked with Monsanto Canada in roles that include President – Seed & Trait, Sales Director – Western Canada, Canadian Chemistry Lead, and National Sales Manager – Chemistry. He also spent five years working for Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in various roles in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Ryan currently lives in Headingley, MB.


Joe Dales

Joe joined the CANTERRA SEEDS Board of Directors in 2003. He has nearly 25 years of agriculture industry experience working with companies such as Pfizer, Cyanamid Crop Protection, First Line Seeds, and NK Syngenta Seeds. Joe is the founder of Farms.com and leads their business strategy, marketing and development activities.

Joe is also very active in several agri-food industry associations such as the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association, the US National Agri-Marketing Association, and is a member of both the Agri-food Council and Renewable Energy Council in London, ON, where he lives. Joe is past Treasurer and Board Member of the Ontario Pork Industry Council, and past Board Member of Techalliance and Internetworking Technology Group.


Ron Gorst

Ron owns and operates Access Consulting Services Ltd., a management consulting practice specializing in the grain industry in Calgary, AB. Ron previously served on the Board of Directors of CANTERRA SEEDS from 2002 through 2008, and was CEO from August 2007 through September 2008. He has recently re-joined the CANTERRA SEEDS Board as representative of Riverland Agriculture. Prior to working with Riverland, Ron was the GM of the Grain Division for Agricore and AB Wheat Pool and has more than 40 years of experience in the grain industry.


Don Grambsch

Don joined the CANTERRA SEEDS Board of Directors in November 2008 after CANTERRA SEEDS' shareholders approved Riverland Agriculture, Ltd.'s equity investment in the Company.

Don has been in the commodity business for more than 30 years, working 28 years with ConAgra Foods. In 2007 he joined Whitebox Commodities Holdings Corp. In December of 2009, Don was promoted to President of Riverland Agriculture, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Ceres Global Ag, a public fund listed on the TSE. Don currently lives in Vancouver, Washington.


Shaun Haney

Shaun joined the CANTERRA SEEDS Board of Directors in March 2009. Shaun and his family reside in Picture Butte, AB where Shaun is very active in managing his family seed business. In 2008 Shaun founded the agricultural media website RealAgriculture.com which focuses on providing Canadian farmers with the latest in Ag information and news. Shaun is also very active in his community with minor hockey by coaching and volunteering on the board of directors.


Gayle MacDonald

Gayle joined the CANTERRA SEEDS Board of Directors in October 2010. She lives in Kindersley, SK where she and her husband Garth own and operate G-Mac’s Ag Team Inc. G-Mac’s is a full-service agricultural crop input retail business with six locations throughout West-Central Saskatchewan. Presently, Gayle serves on the SaskTel Board of Directors and is a member of the Kindersley Business Focus Group.


Kris Mayerle

Kris joined the CANTERRA SEEDS Board of Directors in February of 2011. He is a third generation pedigreed seed grower. Along with his family, Kris owns and operates Greenleaf Seeds Ltd., a pedigreed seed farm and processing plant, at Tisdale, SK. The family also runs a custom harvesting business that travels throughout the United States and Canada. Kris is currently on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Ag Research Foundation and previously served on the board of the Association of Canadian Custom Harvesters, and of the Saskatchewan Canola Growers. In 2008 Kris and his wife Rhonda were honoured to be chosen as Saskatchewan’s Outstanding Young Farmers.

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