This one came out of the blue today, as long, longtime leader of the SD Corn Council Lisa Richardson is gone from the corn council in what appears to be an organizational shake-up:
Lisa Richardson, the longtime executive director of South Dakota Corn and one of the most recognizable names in the state’s agriculture industry, is no longer with the organization.
A press release issued by the organization Friday afternoon said that Richardson had resigned. She had been in the position since 1997.
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On the South Dakota Corn website, Richardson and Teddi Mueller, the organization’s legislative director, are no longer listed on the staff page. According to the group’s most recent tax filing, Richardson made $230,805 in base compensation as well as $52,990 in other compensation. Mueller earned $212,336 in base compensation and $48,421 in other compensation.
230k +52k more…thats a lot of corn
That’s an awful lot of money for that job.
Our checkoff dollars hard at work. At least they can be refunded unlike Soy and Beef.
That’s why the politicians are pushing ethanol . Mike Verchio
I’m not trying to be negative with this comment. I honestly have no idea what the person in this job does day to day.
Well gone
Har. Har. De har. Har. The corn council best get themselfs in line or I just bet you more heads will roll.
Obligatory Disclaimer: grudznick eats corn
Let’s see what the audit says. Hopefully no bad actors. If there was, it will be fixed/avoided in the future. The farmer paid check off does a lot of good. If you don’t raise corn you didn’t pay the check off.