Mark Roeber, President
Mark Roeber is the fourth generation on his family’s ranch in Paonio, Colorado, which was homesteaded in 1889 by his great grandfather. Mark and his wife Jody have a cow-calf operation that runs on both BLM and Forest Service land. His operation is a member of Homestead Meats. Homestead meats includes six local Colorado ranches that raise and harvest natural, high-quality meat.
Since 2012, Mark has been represented Delta County as country commissioner. Mark has been a serving member on the board of directors of Colorado Counties Inc. since 2016 and was the 2019 president of the board. Mark also serves as a member of the Southwest Colorado BLM Resource Advisory Committee, and has been active since 2014.
Tim Canterbury, Vice President
Tim Canterbury is a fifth-generation rancher and a lifetime resident of Howard, Colorado, where his family has owned and operated ranches since 1879. Tim is the former President of Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and acts as Chairman of the Public Lands Council (PLC). Tim also serves as Chairman of the Board of District Advisors for Royal Gorge Resource Grazing Council and is a member of the Arkansas River Basin Roundtable. He served on the Fremont County Planning and Zoning Board of Commissioners for 14 years, as well as the Fremont County Cattlemen’s board for over 20 years.
Additionally, Tim sits on the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy Distract (UAWCD) Board of Directors and currently serves as the Chairman for the District. Tim is a great advocate and voice for the agricultural industry within his community and throughout the state.
Ron Cerri, Secretary
Ron Cerri’s ties to Nevada are deep – and not just because he is the 4th generation in Humboldt County, where he and his wife, Denise, own a family cow/calf ranch in Orovada. Cerri is currently serving his third term as a Humboldt County Commissioner, all while ranching at Orovada and in nearby Eureka County.
As PLC Secretary, Ron’s longstanding leadership in agriculture and resource organizations has come to a head. He has long served as a key leader in the Nevada State Grazing Board Central Committee, is a past president of the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association, and as one of the key voices for public lands ranching in the region. For Ron, his advocacy is as much a part of his operation as the work he and his family do when managing their Black Angus beef cattle operation that relies on private, BLM, and Forest Service permits.
Brenda Richards, Treasurer
Brenda Richards runs a cow/calf operation in Reynolds Creek, Owyhee County, Idaho with her husband Tony where they manage 55,000 acres of public land. Brenda is a past-president of the Public Lands Council (2015-2016), and has served in various leadership roles across other associations including the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the Idaho Cattle Association, and the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association.
Additionally, Brenda served on the Boise District Bureau of Land Management Resource Advisory Council for seven years and engages with the Owyhee Initiative, a multi-stakeholder group addressing management of public lands in southwest Idaho.
Niels Hansen, Immediate Past President
Niels is a third-generation rancher from Rawlins, Wyoming. The family ranch is a cow/calf/yearling operation on the high desert of Wyoming.
Working cooperatively with the University of Wyoming and the BLM the ranch has collected over 20 years of monitoring data that supports the benefits of good land and livestock management for the livestock, the wildlife and the community.
Niels served as Chairman of the Wyoming State Grazing Board and President of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. In 2000, the ranch received the BLM Rangeland Management Stewardship Award and in 2004 was co-winner of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association Stewardship Award.
Board of Directors
Every national association affiliate and western state member has a Board member representative. Contact your State Affiliate here for contact information for the below Board members.
Amber Morin – Arizona
Dr. David Daley – California
Robbie LeValley – Colorado
Marty Gill – Idaho
Vicki Olson – Montana
Keith Winter – North Dakota
Duane Coombs – Nevada
Mary Schadler – Oregon
Frank Bloom – South Dakota
Scott Stubbs – Utah
Neil Kayser – Washington
Jim Hellyer – Wyoming
Niels Hansen (WY) – Immediate Past President
John Helle (MT) – American Sheep Industry Association
Ty Checketts (WY) – Association of National Grasslands
JJ Goicoechea (NV) – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Public Lands Council Committees Leadership
Grazing
- Chair: Matt McElligott – Oregon
- Vice Chair: Dan Anderson – South Dakota
Wildlife
- Chair: Robbie LeValley – Colorado
- Vice Chair: Jordan Willis – Utah
Multiple Use
- Chair: Dr. J.J. Goicoechea – Nevada
- Vice Chair: Tim Canterbury – Colorado
Industry Issues
- Chair: Shaun Sims – Wyoming
- Vice Chair: Vicki Olson – Montana
Ecosystem & Environment
- Chair: Dr. Dave Daley – California
- Vice Chair: Darcy Helmick – Idaho
PLC Staff
Executive Director: Kaitlynn Glover
Kaitlynn Glover serves as the Executive Director of the Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Government Affairs. Prior to joining PLC, Glover served as a policy advisor on agriculture, natural resources, and Tribal policy issues in the United States Senate.
Before returning to Washington, Kaitlynn spent several years working for Teagasc, the agriculture semi-state authority in Ireland. During that time, she received a Masters of Agriscience in Innovation Support from University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.
Originally from Wyoming, Kaitlynn has a diverse background in agriculture policy and production, and strong ties to grazers, recreationalists, and many other users of public land resources. She is an alumna of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture where she studied agriculture communications, international agriculture economics, and farm and ranch management.
Kaitlynn can be reached at kglover@beef.org, or at (202) 879-9128.
Director: Sigrid Johannes
Sigrid works as the Associate Director for the Public Lands Council and NCBA Government Affairs. Previously, she worked on the NCBA communications team and got hooked on the policy issues impacting federal grazing permittees. She is thrilled to be able to advocate for Western livestock producers in this new role.
After graduating from the College of Charleston in South Carolina, Sigrid did communications work for the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee and U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger. She is originally from Washington, D.C.
Reach Sigrid at sjohannes@beef.org, or (202) 879-9122.
Associate Director, Operations: Will Baugh
Will hails from the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Born and raised in the agricultural community of Cleveland, he was inspired to study at Mississippi State University, where he graduated with a B.S. in Agricultural Education, Leadership, & Communications. While at MSU, Will gained a passion for public policy through various organizations and opportunities, such as volunteering for statewide campaigns and working for MSU Extension Service and Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation.
Following his undergraduate studies, Will received his Master’s in Public Service & Administration from the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University.
Reach Will at wbaugh@beef.org, or (202) 879-9135.