This committee plans and puts on the annual Wisconsin State Shorthorn Junior and Open Shows including the Annual Meeting and Picnic. From organizing judges to coordinating volunteers, working to secure sponsors, planning the silent auction, and much more, this committee ensures a first class event for the WSA and WJSA membership.

For more information on the committee, please contact one of the committee co-chairs:

Mackenzie Cash, mackenzie@brightlightsshowcattle.com

Jason Fearing, jfearing@robseeco.com

Jason Chapman, jchappy8072@gmail.com

Jeff Swenson, swensim@gmail.com

This committee reviews the WSA and WJSA financial accounts and creates an annual budget presented to the membership for approval at the annual meeting.

For more information on this committee, please contact the committee chair:

Melinda Orebaugh, mgorebau@gundersenhealth.org

Farm Technology Days is where WSA has an opportunity to showcase Shorthorns to event attendees from across not only the state, but the upper Midwest. Live animals and the WSA booth are housed in the Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association “Beef Tent” where there are live demos and speakers daily throughout the three day event.

For more information on the committee, please contact the committee chair:

Rick Colby, rcolbyjr@maqs.com

WSA is a 501(c)3 educational non-profit and we work to raise funds to support these educational inititives for our junior and adult members. Showing livestock teaches important life lessons that extend far beyond the show ring. The majority of our funding comes from sponsorship, advertisers in our WSA Directory as well as membership payments.

For more information on the committee, please contact the committee chair:

Steve Denzer, stevedenzer@gmail.com

Each year a WSA member volunteers to host the WSA Pasture Walk. This host becomes the committee chair and plans the event. Typically the day includes a professional, education speaker and a tour of the hosts operation.

WSA is currently seeking a WSA member to volunteer as the 2022 host!

WSA awards a scholarship each year to WJSA members who are attending school past their senior year of college. This committee works to generate and update a scholarship application, scoring system, as well as help organize the scholarship winners.

For more information on this committe, please contact the committee chair:

Hope Winchell, hschlimgen@gmail.com

This committee covers a wide range of marketing for WSA. The annaul Membership Directory is produced by this committee, the Facebook page, membership emails, and more are all within this committee’s responsibility.

For more information, please contact committee chairs:

Melinda Orebaugh, mgorebau@gundersenhealth.org

Samantha Angotti, sangotti@unitedcooperative.com

The Lassie Program is for young ladies 15 to 21 years old to promote WSA, WJSA, and the Shorthorn breed. The committee is responsible for organizing the group of Lassie Princesses and the Lassie Queen throughout the year including the appication and selection process.

For more information on this committee, please contact the committee chair:

Hannah Olsen, hannah.olsen0@gmail.com