President

Picture - Bob Innes

Bob Innes is the WWGA President from 2001 through 2003. Bob lives on a ranch southwest of Gillette Wy. and is a third generation sheep producer. He partners with his parents, with his wife Cindy, two sons Kyle (a student at the University of Wyoming), and James (a Senior at CCHS), and a
daughter, Kirsten who is in the seventh grade. This family operation runs Targhee sheep, both commercial and registered. Bob is a member of the Campbell County School Board, the Wyoming Stock Growers Assn. and the American Wool Council. The sheep industry has always played a primary role in the Innes family history beginning with Alexander (Sandy) Innes herding sheep after immigrating to the U. S. from Scotland at the age of 16. As President of the WWGA, his message to the wool growers of the state would be, "Serving on the WWGA Board brings clarity to how essential and how vitally necessary this organization is to the welfare and to the future of each and every active sheep producer in this state. "

President-Elect

Jerry Dilts
Wright
jdilts@wyowool.org

Picture - Jerry Dilts

Jerry Dilts is the third generation of his family to ranch in Wyoming. He and his wife Barbara raise both cattle and sheep near Wright, WY. Jerry and Barbara have three children, Erin, Lindsey and Brandon. Jerry has served in various capacities on the WWGA Board for over 10 years, and will become the 32nd President of the Association in December, 2003. Jerry serves on the American Sheep Industry Association Board of Directors as the Wyoming delegate. He was a member of L.E.A.D. Class IV and served as President of the Wyoming Agriculture Leadership Council. He is Secretary/Treasurer of the Campbell County Animal Control Board and served on the Campbell County School Board. He is a member of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation and is an investor in the Mountain States Lamb Cooperative.

Regional Vice-President I

Sandy Snider
Powell
ssnider@wyowool.org

Picture - Sandy Snider

Sandy Snider raises purebred Hampshire and Dorset sheep, specializing in high performance, large rib-eye rams for commercial producers. She has been involved in the sheep business all her life, beginning in 4-H, and has been active in the sheep industry on a state and national basis. Sniders have been very involved in performance testing and are the only Hampshire breeders in the U.S. to have certified 3 meat sires. She was the Executive Director for the Colorado Wool Growers Association and the Colorado Sheep and Wool Authority for seven years and has served on several committees for the American Sheep Industry Association.

Sandy is also the owner of Agri-Marketing Associates, Powell, WY., a full service marketing and public relations company specializing in agriculture related businesses. She has an extensive background in agricultural marketing and promotion and is currently serving as a consultant with newly forming producer owned regional lamb and beef marketing cooperatives. She worked in public relations for a full service agricultural advertising and public relations agency in Pennsylvania and has been editor of two beef breed publications. She has done a wide range of free lance writing, photography and advertising for a variety of clients nationwide.

Regional Vice-President II

Georgia Moore
Midwest
gmoore@wyowool.org

Picture - Georgia Moore

Georgia Moore is a Wyoming Wool Growers Region II Vice President. She and her husband, Jim, live on a ranch east of Midwest. Jim is a fourth generation rancher and a third generation sheep producer. Jim and Georgia run a commercial sheep operation using Rambouillet and Suffolk bucks as well as running cattle and breeding Quarterhorses. Raised in Douglas, Wyoming, Georgia attended the University of Colorado majoring in Marketing and Business. Georgia is a member of the Wyoming Stock Growers Assn., Wyoming Wool Growers Association Auxiliary, and is Co-Chair of the ASI Women Lamb Promotion Committee. Additionally, Georgia was recently named the Make It Yourself With Wool State Coordinator. She is active in community based programs.

Regional Vice-President III

Mike Sims
Evanston
msims@wyowool.org

Picture - Mike Sims

Regional Vice-President IV

Gene Hardy
Douglas
ghardy@wyowool.org

Picture - Gene Hardy

Vice-President At Large

Peter John Camino
Buffalo
pjcamino@wyowool.org

Picture - Peter John Camino

Peter John Camino, is a sheep producer in a family operation in Buffalo, Wyoming, that has been involved in the livestock industry since 1915. He is Vice-President at large for the Wyoming Wool Growers Association and has also served as a Regional Vice President. Mr. Camino has also been active on several committees at the state level. He is a former member of the Wyoming Board of Agriculture . He is the current President of the Johnson County Predator Board and Johnson County Fire District #1 and has been President of the Johnson County Wool Growers.

Vice-President At Large

Dave Julian
Kemmerer
djulian@wyowool.org

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Vice-President At Large

Fred Roberts
Cokeville
froberts@wyowool.org

Picture - Fred Roberts

Fred Roberts, born April 30, 1950, is a third generation rancher from Lincoln and Sweetwater counties. Mr. Roberts attended schools in Cokeville and Rock Springs Wyoming and graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.S. degree in Business in 1972. He currently operates family sheep and cattle operation in Rock Springs and Cokeville. He has two children, Lacey and Kyle.

Auxiliary President

Patty O'Connor
Riverton
poconnor@wyowool.org

Picture - Patty O'Connor

Patty O'Connor lives north of Riverton with her husband Harry and their two daughters, Hazel 19 a freshmen at UW, and Sarah 17 a Junior at Shoshoni High School. She has been the Auxilitary president for the last 5 years. This is her last year on the board. Patty & her husband run O'Connor Trucking, Inc. They sell about 30,000 ton of hay a year to cattle & sheep producers in the state plus sell hay to dairy's in Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, South Dakota, & Pennsylvania. They used to raise Rambouillets sheep but sold out this past August. Patty is very active in Wool Growers issues and with the Make It Yourself With Wool Contest from the district to State level. Patty is a past member of Fremont County Predator Board, and Fremont County 4-H Board.