Board of Directors
Joe Nash
Chairman – Midwest-SouthEastern Region
DELTA GROUP
Greenville, Mississippi
662-332-2683
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Brad Hershey
Vice Chairman – Northeast Region
HOOBER, INC
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
717-768-8231
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Brad Hershey is one of four on Hoober, Inc.’s “Third Generation Ownership & Leadership Team,” founded in 1941 by his grandfather. Hoober is a nine-store retail dealership representing Case IH/JCB/KUHN/Great Plains/Kubota, along with specialty lines, located in PA, DE, MD and VA. Brad started with Hoober in 1985 as a salesman in Delaware and was assigned Store Manager of Hoober’s third acquired location in Mifflintown, PA in 1996.
Ken Wagner
Director – Western Region
HERITAGE TRACTOR INC.
Baldwin City, Kansas
785-594-6486
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Ken graduated with a BS degree in Agriculture Economics from Michigan State University and immediately became involved in the Agriculture and Outdoor Power industry. He started a 13-year career with John Deere Company and then transitioned into the dealer side of the industry.
In 1998 Ken started Heritage Tractor, a John Deere dealership located just southwest of the Kansas City metro area. Since that time, he has led the organization and has grown the business into a 22-location enterprise with locations in Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. Heritage Tractor serves a diverse marketplace involving large and small agricultural equipment offerings, turf and commercial mowing products as well as compact construction equipment. Ken currently serves as President of Heritage Tractor.
Ken is married to Diane, and they have two grown sons.
Jared Nobbe
Director – Midwest-SouthEastern Region
SYDENSTRICKER NOBBE
Waterloo, Illinois
618-939-1712
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Jared Nobbe is the fourth-generation member of Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners., Inc, a 27 store John Deere Dealership in Southern Illinois and Missouri. He currently serves as Vice President of Centralized Services. Before his current position he served in other capacities for the dealership in sales, parts, and service.
Jared is a graduated of the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in Technical Systems Management. He is also a graduated of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Program. Jared has served in leadership roles in his local Farm Bureau Foundation, director of First National Bank of Waterloo and his church. Jared currently serves as President of Clifftop NFP. An organization dedicated to conservation of the Bluff land in his home county of Monroe, IL.
Jared and his wife, Rebecca have three children Aiden (age 8), Noah (age 5) and Adelynn (age 2). During their free time, he and his family love spending time outside whether hiking, landscaping, or playing sports.
Eric Mason
Director – Far West Region
MASON MACHINERY
Aurora, Utah
888-729-7445
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Eric is the Vice President of Mason Machinery, a two store Massey Ferguson and New Holland operation in Utah that Eric’s grandfather started in 1948. Before becoming general manager 2012, Eric spent seven years as a technician and six years in sales and sales management. In his role as general manger Eric spends most of his time traveling between the two stores to oversee processes and company culture. Eric has served on the Far West Equipment Dealers Association board of directors since 2011and is currently serving as Past-President.
Ivan Dorhout
Director – Iowa- Nebraska Region
TOWN & COUNTY IMPLEMENT
Rock Valley, Iowa
712-476-2731
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Ivan Dorhout is the owner of Town & Country Implement, which carries Case IH, New Holland, and Kubota. Ivan has over 36 years of industry experience. In addition to service on the executive committee and audit committee, he has served as president of the Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association. Along with his leadership role at the regional level, Ivan has participated in EDA’s legislative fly-in and Legislative Committee.
Landis Stankievech
Director – Canada Region
TROCHU MOTORS LTD.
Trochu, Alberta
403-442-3866
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Landis Stankievech is Business Manager at Trochu Motors, a single-store AGCO, Versatile and Kubota dealership in Trochu, Alberta, Canada. As a third generation family member at Trochu Motors, Landis grew up working in the dealership but left for 10 years to play hockey and attend post-secondary school. After university, he worked for the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Calgary before returning to the dealership full-time in 2013. Landis holds a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Landis and his wife Teresa reside in Three Hills, Alberta.
Ian Carey
Director – Western Region
RDO EQUIPMENT CO.
Pasco, Washington
509-547-0541
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In February of 2001, Ian began his career in the farm machinery business working for RDO Equipment Co. in Pasco, WA. At the beginning of his career, Ian spent time working in the Yakima Valley and lower Columbia Basin of Washington. After moving to the Greater Yuma Valley of Arizona, he continued his work there and in the Salinas, Imperial, Coachella, and Palo Verde Valley’s of California. He has held many positions within RDO Equipment Co. and its west coast trade areas. He is currently the Vice President of Northwest Agriculture, an 10 store operation in Washington and Oregon.
Ian has been married to the love of his life, Cristina, for 22 years and together they have two children. Their son Kail is a 19 year old freshman attending Gonzaga University and their daughter Nicole is a 21 year old senior also at Gonzaga University. Ian and the family love spending time at various athletic events. The Carey family is proud to call Pasco, Washington their home.
Wally Butler
Director – Canada Region
MAZERGROUP
Steinbach, Manitoba
204-253-2900
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Wally serves as Mazergroup’s CFO since 2005 and before as the corporate controller for the individual dealerships which subsequently formed Mazergroup. Wally joined Mazer Implements in Brandon in 1997, the predecessor to the Mazergroup when the organization was comprised of 4 locations. Mazergroup has grown to 18 locations in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan with 375 team members. Prior to joining Mazergroup Wally was Senior Accountant in the Finance Department of Manitoba Workers Compensation, serving on the investment committee.
Wally completed his Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from University of Manitoba and earned his Chartered Accountancy designation with Touche Ross in 1990. Wally has served as a Director of the Canada West Equipment Dealer Association and Western Equipment Dealership Association Board from 2008 to 2020 in roles of Chair of Audit Committee, President and Past President. Wally has held advisory roles with Wells Fargo Agriculture lending and Farm Credit Corporation Agriculture dealership wholesale financing committee, and the Treasury position for the Brandon Economic Development Committee. Currently Wally sits on the Mazergroup Board of Directors and is corporate secretary.
Wally lives north of Winnipeg with wife Kathryn Graham, consulting partner with MNP, daughter Camryn taking engineering at University of Manitoba and son Nate entering final year of high school.
Steve Hunt
Director – United Region
H&R AGRI-POWER
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
270-886-3918
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Steve Hunt is president of H&R Agri-Power Inc., a Case IH, New Holland and Kubota dealership with 20 retail locations in Western Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Northern Alabama, Southern Illinois, and Southern Indiana. Hunt is a board member of Agri-Chem Inc., board member of the National Equipment Dealers Association, a member of the Dealer Advisory Board Case IH Crops Committee, a partner in Hunt Farms, and Quarles Spring Farming operations.
Hunt is also a twenty-two-year board member and secretary of the Christian County Water District, a fifteen-year board member and past president of the Kentucky Small Grain Grower Association, and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, all headquartered in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Hunt is married to Tamarha for forty years and has three son’s, Brandon, Darrin, and Shane. Steve and Tamarha also have three grandchildren Case, Ella, and Eli.
Josh Vines
Director – Deep Southern Region
ALLEGIANCE AG AND TURF LLC
Bastrop, Louisiana
318-974-6045
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Josh Vines is the Dealer Principal of Allegiance Ag and Turf LLC, a store Massey Ferguson dealership group in Louisiana. Josh currently serves as a Director on Deep Southern’s Equipment Dealers Association’s board and graduated from Louisiana Tech University. Josh previously was the Vice President of Goldman Equipment LLC a 13 store John Deere dealership for 19.5 years.
Les Olson
Director – North Central Region
PLAINS AG GROUP
Dickinson, North Dakota
701-483-8741
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In 2002, Les Olson and his business partner, Roger Gjellstad, founded Plains Ag, LLC and operated a single store, Frontier Equipment, in Williston, North Dakota. Under the leadership of Olson, Plains Ag LLC has evolved into four regional territories and sixteen dealerships: Border Plains Equipment in Williston and Stanley, North Dakota, and Glasgow, Montana; Northern Plains Equipment in the North Dakota communities of Minot, Garrison and Mandan; West Plains Inc., also in North Dakota, in Dickinson, Beach, Bowman and Hettinger; and Central Plains Equipment with stores in Burlington, Holyoke and Yuma, CO and Garden City, Sharon Springs and Goodland, KS.
Jon Castongia
Director – United Region
Castongia Tractor
Rensselaer, Indiana
219-866-5117
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Jon Castongia is the owner of Castongia Tractor and grew up in the small town of Morocco, Indiana where his Grandfather originally started the dealership in 1939. After hanging out at the dealership with his father Roger, sweeping floors from a young age, and working in the parts department while in high school, Jon decided that being an equipment dealer was going to be his life’s work. After graduating from Purdue University in 1989 with a degree in Management, Jon joined his father at the dealership until he took over the business in 2002. Castongia Tractor operates 5 stores in Northwest Indiana and is the oldest continually owned John Deere dealership in the State. Along with John Deere, the dealership also sells and services, Unverferth, Brent, Frontier, Stihl, Landoll, Honda, Grouser and Tiger boom mowers.