Cyndie Marler, Co-Founder, Acting Executive Director -

Rick Butler, Co-Founder, President, Mt. Vernon, TX and Hugo, OK, Butler Farms - Paris, Texas native Rick Butler received his first Brahman at 15-years-old and has had a love for them ever since. He has owned and operated a few businesses such as Butler Medical Supply and Century 21 Butler Real Estate Services. For Butler these businesses have provided the luxury of travel which in turn inspired his growing passion for photography. Butler started taking pictures in 1978 when he moved to Longview, Texas as a pharmaceutical representative. He got to know many people involved in the Brahman breed during his travel throughout East Texas. Traveling for business brought the luxury of new clients and friends, which to him made it all worthwhile.

Manuel Suarez, Vice President, Tabasco, Mexico, Brasuca Group -  Manuel owns a Gir dairy farm wherein he milks 80 cows per day at 4am and 4pm, and provides pasteurized, glass bottled direct farm to customer products such as A2/A2 milk (vanilla and cocoa), cheese, and butter. They are currently working on a menu of ice cream to add to their line of products. He has developed professionally as an entrepreneur in small and micro companies, in different sectors such as: Telecommunications, Electronics Stores, Bovine Livestock, Biotechnology, Production and commercialization of dairy products. He has been involved in the merger of 4 leading Biotechnology companies: Brasuca In Vitro, Biogenetics, Mayavista, Alvaro Leme, and In Vitro Fertilization Laboratory for bovines in: Comalcalco and Villahermosa, Tabasco. Tizimin, Merida. Guatemala City, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and a Trade School for the Livestock Sector, offering practical courses for people in the livestock industry.

Eros Gazinelli, Belo Horizonte, Brazil -  Eros Gazzinelli comes from third generation purebred Guzerat dairy breeders in Brazil. The milk from his cows has been deemed the #1 milk in Brazil for 7 years, since 2014. His family owns over 200 purebred cows, which have been genetically tested to be 100% purebred. He travels around the world promoting Guzerat, works with different breeders to refine and grow their cattle lineages all over the world.

Juan Manuel Conde, Secretary/Treasure - Tizimin, Mexico
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Jaime Montecon, Chiapas, Mexico

PJ Budler, Aledo, TX USA, Global Livestock Solutions - PJ Budler was raised on a 5th generation cattle operation in South Africa. At age 15 he founded BonHaven Beef Cattle. Between 1996 and 2012 he grew BonHaven to 5 locations in 3 Southern African countries. The Hereford, Angus, Red Angus, Braford and Brahman herds achieved much success winning numerous National Shows and setting auction records on the continent. In 2012, he relocated to Texas, USA, where he is the International Business Manager for Trans Ova Geneteics. This position, together with running the annual "Champion of the World" competition, judging shows, speaking at events and doing cattle consulting has taken him to 48 US states and 95 different countries thus far. He has judged 58 different cattle breeds in 39 countries. In 2017 PJ became the first ever cattle judge to evaluate a national show on all 6 continents.  PJ and his wife Koula live in Aledo, TX with their two sets of twins, William and Emma and Sophie and Juliet.

Victoria Lambert, The Brahman Journal, Texas
Dennis Russell, International Dairy Cattle Registry, Butler, MO
John Ford, former Executive Director, Santa Gertrudis Breeders Association
Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria, Chairman, Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog, Govt of India