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AASV Officers for 2008-2009 Installed at Annual Meeting

March 12, 2008 — Tracy Ann Raef

Dr. Kerry Keffaber, North Manchester, Ind., was installed as the president of the AASV at the association's annual meeting in San Diego, Calif. He succeeds Dr. Daryl Olsen, Audubon, Iowa, who is now immediate past president. Dr. Butch Baker, Ames, Iowa, has ascended to president-elect. The newly elected vice president is Dr. Paul Ruen, Fairmont, Minn.

Dr. Kerry Keffaber (PUR '81) is a swine technical services consultant at Elanco Animal Health. Prior to joining Elanco Animal Health, Dr. Keffaber was a swine practitioner in Indiana for 21 years. Active in the AASV since 1981, Dr. Keffaber served as a district director for two terms, a past chair of the PRRS subcommittee, and has served on several planning committees for the association's annual program.

Dr. Rodney "Butch" Baker (AUB '78) is a senior clinician in the Food Supply Veterinary Services Unit at Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Prior to joining the staff at Iowa State in 2006, he was a clinical associate professor at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Baker's career in veterinary medicine began as a mixed-animal practitioner in Kentucky. After 17 years in private practice, he spent a year in the animal health industry, four years with a pig breeding-stock company and three years as director of health assurance in a large integrated pork production company.

Dr. Paul Ruen (MN '92) is a practitioner at the Fairmont Veterinary Clinic in Fairmont, Minn., a predominately swine practice that also provides management services to clients. Active in the AASV since 1988, Dr. Ruen was a district director on the AASV Board of Directors from 2005 to 2008. During the 2002 International Pig Veterinary Society meeting in Ames, Iowa, Dr. Ruen served on the Production and Management Scientific Committee. He is a frequent speaker and lecturer at the AASV annual meetings and the Leman Conference in Minnesota. Dr. Ruen grew up in southeastern Minnesota on a diversified pig, cow-calf, and grain farm.

Tracy Ann Raef, Communications Specialist, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University