The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association financial management planning committee met recently to discuss the agenda for the upcoming seminar. The 2003 Financial Management Seminar will be held June 16-18 at the Sawgrass Marriott Hotel in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The enrollment fee is $100 for representatives from USPOULTRY member companies and $200 for individuals from nonmember companies.
The seminar will address many topics that are relevant to financial managers today. Some of the items on the agenda include Risk Assessment/Sarbanes-Oxley, Economic Forecast, Financial Management Best Practices, and Training and Retaining Accounting Professionals.
The members of the planning committee are (seated left to right) Alan Duncan, Mountaire Corporation; Mike Popowycz, Case Foods; John Landis, Foster Farms; Andrea Williams, committee chair, Perdue Farms; Ron Van Es, Tyson Foods; (standing) Dana Morgan, Townsends; Seals Burdell, Gold Kist; Steve Jurek, Gold’n Plump Poultry; Robert Childress, Moore Stephens Frost; Scott Hunter, ConAgra Poultry Company; Greg Finch, Harrison Poultry; Mike McLeod, House of Raeford Farms; Ric Springstead, Pilgrim’s Pride; Kathy McManus, Wayne Farms; and Eddie Elrod, Fieldale Farms.
Registration for the seminar is available online at www.poultryegg.org; by fax at (770) 493-9257; or by mail at 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga. 30084-7303. For additional information contact USPOULTRY at (770) 493-9401.