The Agricultural Advisory Committee was created in 1985 to advise the Commission on issues involving the trading of agricultural commodity futures and options and facilitate communications between the CFTC, the agricultural community, and agriculture-related organizations.
Commissioner Heath Tarbert sponsors the Agricultural Advisory Committee. Members include representatives of national farm organizations, major commodity groups, agribusiness concerns, and agricultural bankers. Summer Mersinger serves as the Designated Federal Officer for the committee.
Committee Charter (PDF)
Member | Affiliation |
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Buddy Allen | American Cotton Shippers Association |
Dustin Baker | National Pork Producers Council |
Joe Barker | National Council of Farmer Cooperatives |
Chris Betz | Michigan Agri-Business Association |
Larry Birgen | National Farmers Union |
Darryl Blakey | National Cattleman's Beef Association |
Robbie Boone | Farm Credit Council |
Amanda Breslin | Coalition for Derivatives End Users |
Patrick Coyle | National Grain and Feed Association |
Rob Creamer | Futures Industry Association/Principal Traders Group |
Neal Driscoll | Managed Funds Association |
Ed Elfmann | American Bankers Association |
Edward Gallagher | National Milk Producers Federation |
H. Thomas Hayden, Jr. | Commodity Markets Council |
Matt Hines | American Farm Bureau Federation |
Thomas Hogan | Cocoa Merchants Association of America |
Tom Kadlec | Futures Industry Association |
Chris Klenklen | National Association of State Departments of Agriculture |
Ron Lee | National Cotton Council of America |
Randy Melvin | National Corn Growers Association |
John Owen | USARice Federation |
Monte Peterson | American Soybean Association |
Paul Riniker | National Farmers Organization |
Mark Scanlan | Independent Community Bankers of America |
Stephen Strong | North American Export Grain Association |
Justin Tupper | US Cattlemens Association |
Hayden Wands | American Bakers Association |
Ryan Weston | American Sugar Alliance |
Chris Young | International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. |
Updated: 05/02/2019
- Ag-OI Subcommittee
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The Agricultural Futures Contracts with Open Interest (Ag-OI) Subcommittee was established for the purpose of making recommendations to the AAC for Commission policy related to the implementation of amendments to futures contracts based on enumerated agricultural commodities when those amendments would apply to contract months with open interest.
Name Entity Representing Title Joseph Janzen (Chair) Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services, University of Illinois-Urbana Wayne Boseman Amcot Director Brett Crosby U.S. Cattlemen's Association Marketing and Competition Committee Member Andrew Keighin ADM Trade Manager, Export Grains, and SE Rail Markets Joe Kovanda 4:10 Risk Strategies Co-Founder Ed Prosser Commodity Markets Council Representative Curt Strubhar Grain and Feed Association of Illinois Representative Azeez Syed American Cotton Shippers Association Representative Tony Vojslavek The Gavilon Group Chief Rick Officer Jason Wheeler USARice Rice Futures Contract Working Group Marcus Wilhelm CoBank Vice President Tim Andriesen CME Group Managing Director – Agricultural Products Tim Barry ICE Futures U.S. Vice President of Product Development Layne Carlson Corporate Secretary, Treasure and Chief Regulatory Officer MGEX Matt Haraburda FIA/PTG Executive Committee Member Kelle James Mercaris Founder and Chief Executive Officer Justin Lewis KIS Futures Vice President