The National Dairy Shrine appointed two new board members and welcomed new leadership to the Board of Directors.
Leading the organization as president in 2025 is Tina Larson from Pine Island, Minnesota. Born and raised on Havana Heights Guernsey farm in Steele County, Minnesota, Tina is currently the Senior Advertising Specialist with World Wide Sires.
The organization selected Jodi Hoynoski of Gill, Massachusetts as President-elect to lead the organization starting in 2026. Jodi grew up on Lost Elm Farm in Berlin, Wis. and began her career as a nutrition consultant for Vita Plus Corporation in Columbus, Wis. before moving to Brattleboro, Vt. for a 21-year career at Holstein Association USA. Jodi currently works as the Global Head of Genetic Excellence for Cobb-Vantress, a poultry genetics company owned by Tyson Foods.
Joining the board of directors are Nick Randle and Benjamin Styer.
Randle is the U.S. SeniorMarketing Lead at Zoetis for Dairy Productivity and Milk Quality and a Red and White Holstein breeder from Sterling, Massachusetts.
A senior at the University of Minnesota studying animal science with a dairy production emphasis, Benjamin Styer is a student representative to the board of directors. Styer grew up on his family’s dairy farm, Alfalawn Farm, in Menomonie, WI. He hopes to have a career related to dairy cattle genetics before eventually returning home to his family’s dairy farm.