About Us

TEGMA is a North American trade association who members include grain shippers and receivers, as well, as many related business including transportation companies, ports, and inspection agencies.

TEGMA is embarking on an initiative to:

• Define a new its role in the grain industry
• Develop a new structure for serving its members
• Create a fresh vigor to its activities

The association recently concluded a review of its activities and believes it can best bring value to its members by being focused on operational and business issues facing its members.  As a result, the association's Board of Director's has approved this new mission statement:

TEGMA seeks to provide a forum where the grain-based agribusiness industry can debate, discuss and facilitate resolution of operational and business issues bringing insight to its membership and stakeholders.

TEGMA recognizes there may also be occasions where it will engage in issue advocacy on matters of specific interest to its members.

TEGMA' core beliefs include these items:

• TEGMA supports the premise of open and competitive markets for the efficient distribution of agricultural commodities.
• TEGMA supports business-oriented issue resolution that does not involve the formal regulatory process whenever practicable.

TEGMA holds two meetings each year: a fall symposium in a Midwest city where the focus is on operational and business issues and a Winter meeting where the focus is more on macro issues.

Board Members

Officers
Chair
Mike Mandl - Louis Dreyfus Corp.

First Vice Chair
Bob Knief - Bartlett Grain Co.

Second Vice Chair 
Todd McQueen - The Scoular Company

President 
Robert R. Petersen - TEGMA

Assistant Secretary/Treasurer 
Erica Venancio - TEGMA

Directors
David Ayers - Champaign Danville Grain Inspection 

Paul Hammes - Union Pacific Railroad 

Bob Knief - Bartlett Grain Co.

Jay Larson - NIK Marketing Cooperative

Dean McIntosh - Lansing Trade Group

J.L. (Joey) Meibergen III - W.B. Johnston Grain Co.

Charlie Regini - Georgia Ports Authority

Al Vergin - BNSF Railway Company

Eric Wilkey - Arizona Grain, Inc.