Regina – Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) elected the 2022-23 leadership team at its annual general meeting April 13.
Kim Hextall of Grenfell was elected as president of CWA. Hextall, along with her family, has exhibited at Agribition for the past 24 years. Most recently, Hextall was the chairman of the CWA Scholarship Fund board. She has been the chair of various committees including the Food Pavilion, Stock Exchange, Audit, Governance and 50th Show. She joined the CWA board of directors in 2014 and became an executive member in 2016.
Hextall and her husband Jack raise purebred and commercial black angus cattle and own and operate Hextall Livestock out of Grenfell along with their family.
Members elected to the executive are:
- Vice-president: Michael Latimer – Olds, Alta.
- Executive members at large:
- Kelsey Ashworth – Oungre
- Levi Jackson – Sedley
- Stephen Scott – Calgary, Alta.
CWA’s Executive Committee also includes past president, Chris Lees of Arcola.
Members of CWA elected the following representatives to the board of directors to serve two-year terms:
- Kelsey Ashworth – Oungre
- Levi Jackson – Sedley
- Marty Kratochvil - Milden
- Garth Newell – Carlyle
- Ali Pike – Grand Coulee
- Carol Poole – Pilot Butte
Directors serving the second year of their two-year terms are:
- Curtis Kuchinka – Regina
- Michael Latimer – Olds, Alta.
- Courtney MacDougall – Regina
- Kim McLean – Regina
- Stephen Scott – Calgary
- Barry Young – Carievale
Appointed directors include: Lori Bresciani (city of Regina), Dana Lajoie (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), and Grant Zalinko (Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture).
