Alternate Student Delegate Selected for AASV Board

November 23, 2016 — 

The AASV Student Recruitment Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Jordan Gebhardt (Kansas State University, 2019) as the incoming Alternate Student Delegate to the AASV Board of Directors.

Gebhardt grew up on a small family farm in Cedar Springs, Michigan where he gained experience with feeder cattle, swine, and assisted in the operations of his family’s commercial feed mill. He entered a combined DVM/PhD program at Kansas State University and is currently progressing through his second year of the veterinary curriculum. He has been involved in numerous organizations directly involved with promotion of agriculture and professional development of agriculture’s future leaders. These organizations have included Alpha Gamma Rho, Michigan State University Block & Bridle Club, K-State CVM Class of 2019 Executive Board, as well as the K-State SCAASV.

As President of the Kansas State University Swine Club, Gebhardt directed an effort to provide interaction with the swine nutrition graduate students and AASV swine club students by holding joint educational activities including wet labs at the K-State swine farm, a speaker series involving many industry leaders from throughout the U.S., and social activities. He has won the American Society of Animal Science student paper competitions as both an undergraduate and as a PhD student.

Gebhardt notes that he “decided to become involved with and take on leadership roles in these organizations for multiple reasons, but most importantly to be an active part in creating opportunities and developing the passion in others for what I am most passionate about, agriculture.”

Gebhardt feels the alternate delegate position with AASV would be an excellent opportunity to further his involvement within the veterinary community, and more importantly be an opportunity to continue promoting the industry and profession.

Gebhardt assumes his duties as Alternate Student Delegate during the 2017 AASV Annual Meeting in Denver. The current alternate delegate, Brent Sexton, will assume the delegate position currently held by Emily Mahan-Riggs who will rotate off the board. Brent and Jordan will represent student interests within AASV as non-voting members of the Board of Directors and the Student Recruitment Committee.

Please join us in welcoming Jordan to the AASV Board of Directors and thanking Emily for her service!