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The Cooperative Communicators Association (CCA) recognized Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) co-CEOs Donn DeVelder and Sheryl Meshke with the Outstanding Communicator Award on June 9 for excellence in effectively integrating communication into their leadership style. The leaders of the New Ulm, Minn., dairy cooperative were honored at CCA’s annual institute in Milwaukee. They are the 25th honorees to receive the award, which recognizes leaders of a broad spectrum of cooperative businesses, AMPI said.
In his nomination, AMPI Chairman of the Board Steve Schlangen, a dairy farmer from Albany, Minn., said in their shared leadership role, DeVelder and Meshke “are completely selfless and fully focused on making the decisions that set the co-op up for success.”