Michael F. Brigham
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mr. Brigham was appointed to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer in February 2000, while maintaining the titles of Treasurer and Secretary, and was appointed to serve as a Director of the Company in March 1999. He previously had been elected Vice President of the Company in December 1998 and had served as Chief Financial Officer since October 1991. He has served as Secretary since December 1995 and as Treasurer since October 1991. Prior to that, he served as Director of Finance and Administration since originally joining the Company in September 1989. Mr. Brigham has been a member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of York County since 2012, serving as its Treasurer until June 2016 and is presently Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Governance Committee. Mr. Brigham served as the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Kennebunk Free Library from 2005 to 2011. He re-joined the Finance Committee of the library in 2012. Prior to joining the Company, he was employed as an audit manager for the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young. Mr. Brigham earned his Masters in Business Administration from New York University in 1989.
Bobbi Jo Brockmann
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Director
Ms. Brockmann joined the Company as Director of Sales and Marketing in January 2010 and was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing in February 2015. Prior to that, she had been employed as Director of Sales since May 2008 and Sales Manager from February 2004 to April 2008 at APC, Inc. of Ankeny, Iowa, a developer and marketer of functional protein products for animal health and nutrition. Prior to that, she held other sales and marketing positions at APC, W & G Marketing Company, Inc. of Ames, Iowa, The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology of Ames, Iowa and Meyocks Group Advertising of West Des Moines, Iowa after graduating from Iowa State University.
Joseph H. Crabb, Ph.D.
Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Director
Dr. Crabb served as Chair of the Board of Directors from June 2009 to February 2013. He was appointed a Director of the Company in March 2001, having previously served in that capacity during the period from March 1999 until February 2000. Before that, he was elected Vice President of the Company in December 1998, while maintaining the title of Chief Scientific Officer. He has served as Chief Scientific Officer since September 1998. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Research and Development since March 1996. Prior to that, he served as Director of Research and Development and Senior Scientist since originally joining the Company in November 1988. Concurrent with his employment, he has served on national study sections and advisory panels, served as a peer reviewer, and held several adjunct faculty positions. Prior to joining the Company in 1988, Dr. Crabb earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Dartmouth Medical School and completed postdoctoral studies in microbial pathogenesis at Harvard Medical School, where he also served on the faculty.
Elizabeth L. Williams
Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
Ms. Williams joined the Company during the second quarter of 2016 as Vice President of Manufacturing Operations. Previously, she led the U.S. Region for Zoetis as Vice President, Global Manufacturing and Supply. Prior to that, she held multiple Site Leader positions at Pfizer Animal Health facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska (2008-2011), Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (2006-2008) and Lee’s Summit, Missouri (2003-2006). She led the manufacturing organization (1999-2003) and the Process and Product Development group (1995-1999), achieving registration, approval and successful scale-up of five new products at the Lee’s Summit facility. She earned her Masters of Business Administration from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri and her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Missouri.
Gloria J. Basse
Director
Ms. Basse is a member of the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors. She has been the senior executive director of Tonisity International, an animal nutrition company with offices in Ireland, Brazil and the United States, from 2017 to the present. Since 2016, Ms. Basse has been a Senior Associate at the Context Network, a business management and strategy consulting firm providing services to agriculture, biotechnology and food companies. She held various positions at Zoetis Inc. (formerly Pfizer Animal Health) from 1985 to 2015 and most recently served as Vice President of its U.S. pork business. Ms. Basse is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and earned her Masters in Business Administration from the University of Rochester.
David S. Cunningham
Director
Mr. Cunningham is a member of the Compensation and Stock Option Committee and the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors. He is currently Chief Commercial Officer for Bimeda Animal Health and has over 33 years of experience in animal health. Prior to joining Bimeda, he was Chief Operating Officer of Axxiom Consulting LLC from 2013 to 2017. He was also President and CEO of Teva Animal Health from May 2009 through December 2012. Previous industry experience includes roles as, Executive Vice President of Agri Laboratories, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. and several commercial positions with Hoechst-Roussel Agri-Vet.
Steven T. Rosgen
Director
Mr. Rosgen, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has more than 28 years of experience building brand strategies for products, services and organizations in a range of industries including working with leading global agricultural brands. Currently, he is President of Strategem Research Inc., a company he founded in 2005 to integrate consumer insights into clients’ pricing and branding strategies. Previously, he was a senior partner with Street Smart Strategic Planning. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Calgary.
Jonathan E. Rothschild
Director
Mr. Rothschild is a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors. Since 1981, he has been President and CEO of Arterio, Inc., of Concord, California, a vitamin and supplement company that does business as Ecological Formulas. Mr. Rothschild served on the Board of Directors of CCA Industries, Inc. of East Rutherford, New Jersey (a developer and marketer of health and beauty products) from August 2012 through December 2014. He served as a director of the Anne Frank Center USA, a not-for-profit organization, from 1994 to 2017. He served as a director and Chief Financial Officer of Cistron Biotechnology from 1999 until it was acquired by Celltech, PLC in November 2000.
David S. Tomsche, D.V.M.
Chair of the Board
Dr. Tomsche was appointed to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors in February 2013 and is a member of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors and serves as Chair of that committee. He served on the Audit Committee from February 25, 2014 through March 31, 2014. He is a large animal veterinarian and owner of Leedstone Inc. (formerly Stearns Veterinary Outlet, Inc., an animal health distribution and milking system installation company) and of J-t Enterprises of Melrose, Inc., an exporter of ImmuCell products. He served as a director of VetPharm, Inc., an animal health products distributor, from 1995 until the company was sold in 2007. He also is a dairy producer. He obtained his degrees from the University of Minnesota.
