Governor Awards PFI for Environmental Excellence
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| Sharon and Dick Thompson
accept the Governor’s Award. |
The program notes salute PFI as a “...leader in both
sustainable With tremendous pride, on behalf of all PFI members, Dick and
Sharon Thompson accepted an award for environmental excellence from
the Honorable Governor Tom Vilsack on January 22, 2002 at the Iowa
State Capital. This is the second year for the Governor’s Iowa
Environmental Excellence Award. It is designed to “recognize
business, organizations, and citizens who have excelled in
environmental sustainability, demonstrating leadership, innovation,
and a comprehensive environmental ethic in managing natural
resources.”
(Award,
continued.)
Susan Zacharakis-Jutz Elected PFI President
Hope
and enthusiasm mark Susan Zacharakis-Jutz’s PFI Presidency. It’s
an office she assumed on January 19, 2002, following a unanimous
election by the Board of Directors. She succeeds Colin Wilson who
fulfilled a two-year term as President while Susan was
Vice-President. Also elected on January 19, Mark Tjelmeland is now
Vice-President.
Colin Wilson’s work included sorting out PFI’s endowment
affiliations, grappling with the voting rights issues for PFI
members, and, perhaps most notably, hiring Robert Karp as PFI’s
first Executive Director. Wilson received a tribute for his service
at the PFI Annual Meeting in Ames on January 19. He continues to be
an active PFI member and an advocate for sustainable agriculture.
