Doug Roxburgh lives near Bentley, where he and his wife run a first-generation cattle operation. In addition to backgrounding their calves, they also market bulls and females, and raise commercial bred heifers.

Doug is a senior nutrition consultant who helps producers develop year-round nutritional programs.

Kent Holowath operates a grain and cow-calf operation with his wife, Jill, and three adult kids near Rumsey. They have commercial black Angus cattle, as well as a backgrounding operation. Kent is currently the Chair of the Palliser Grazing Club and Chair of the Big Valley Feeder Association.

Brenda Rosadiuk and her husband, Anthony, live on a family farm just north of Evansburg, where they operate a cow/calf operation with their two adult sons. Brenda comes from a strong farm background, and believes the younger generation of their farm bring a positive perspective of progressive farming, which creates a positive outlook for the cattle industry. She brings governance and community engagement skills as well as financial knowledge from her work in public service.  

Over the past year since becoming a delegate for ABP, Brenda has served on the Audit, Resolutions, and Governance Committees.

Aydon is a fourth generation rancher of Lazy HE Ranch LTD in the Czar, Alberta area.

Aydon was part of the local 4-H club for nine years where he showed cattle and took part in all of the judging programs 4-H offered. After high school he attended Lakeland College in Vermilion where he received a diploma in Agri-business. Following college, Aydon returned home to continue working on the family ranch. He also participated and graduated from the Canadian Cattle Young Leaders program.

Aydon serves on both ABP’s Tier Advisory Team and Issues Management Committee.

Bernie Doerksen and his family run a cow-calf operation with commercial angus cross cows near La Crete. In addition to his role on the operation, Bernie also works in public bookkeeping and accounting, and keeps busy through local clubs and family commitments like skating, camping, and fishing.

Bernie is ABP’s representative to Ag Safe Alberta.

Jay Hager and his family run a 400 head cow-calf operation near Provost. They also operate a welding business that fabricates cattle handling and feeding equipment, and custom fence in the summer.

Jay sits on ABP’s Issues Management Committee

Sheila Hillmer and her family have a farming and ranching operation near Del Bonita, and her two sons are beginning the process of succession in the family business. Sheila works with corporate feedyards and is based in southern Alberta. She also spends a significant amount of time developing and executing Learning and Development, both internally and externally to customers.

Lee Irvine and his family have recently set up a grass backgrounding operation in the Cochrane area. Throughout his career, he has had the opportunity to market cattle through TEAM and Calgary Stockyards, to sit in the boardroom of multinational pharmaceutical companies and to run the auction market and feedlot software for ViewTrak Technologies. He has been an auditor for the Verified Beef Production Plus program and sat on the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef Framework Committee.

Brad Mappin, along with his wife Terri and their two boys, operates a cow-calf and backgrounding/yearling operation near Byemoor.

Brad attended the University of Alberta, receiving his B.Sc. in Ag Economics, and spent 20 years in ag finances. He has been a 4-H leader for several years and, together with other like-minded producers, started the Palliser Grazing Club.

Colin Rice received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Alberta, and has worked as an agronomist, as well as on a strawberry farm in England. Today he farms alongside his dad, cousin, and uncle. In addition to grain farming, the Rice family runs a cow-calf operation, as well as a feedlot. Colin enjoys curling and golf, though he says he’s not very good at either.

Colin serves on both ABP’s Audit and Research Committees and is also ABP’s representative on the Intensive Livestock Working Group and NRCB Policy Advisory Group.

Karen Shaw, along with her husband Stuart, manages a cow/calf operation, farming on the homestead established around 1903.

Karen is a former Sturgeon County Councilor, serving 14 years as a representative to the eastern side of the county. In that time, Karen worked with every level of government.

In addition, Karen spent many years as an Assistant Leader with 4-H. She also worked with industry to establish a scholarship fund for members entering post-secondary education. Karen still serves on the Scholarship Committee, and sits on ABP’s Governance Committee.

Miles Wowk, along with his family, runs a commercial cow/calf operation in the Northeast Zone.

Miles grew up in the beef industry. He participated in 4-H for 10 years, and has served as an Alberta representative with the Canadian Cattle Association for the past six years. He’s currently chair of the Animal Health and Care Committee.

Miles believes that a strong voice will move the beef industry forward, and is constantly striving to develop a sustainable future for the next generation of ranchers.