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REMINDER: USMEF Press Conference/Media Conference Call Set for Thursday, May 22, in Kansas City

Published: May 19, 2014

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) will conduct a press conference and media conference call on Thursday, May 22, from the USMEF Board of Directors Meeting and Product Showcase in Kansas City, Missouri. The conference call will begin at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time (6:30 local time) and will feature brief comments from USMEF officers and senior staff, including several international directors. Their comments will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Panelists will include:

Mark Jagels, USMEF chairman, Davenport, Nebraska
Philip Seng, USMEF president and CEO, Denver, Colorado
Joel Haggard, USMEF senior vice president, Asia Pacific (based in Hong Kong)
John Brook, USMEF regional director, Europe, Russia and the Middle East (based in Brussels)
Chad Russell, USMEF regional director, Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic (based in Mexico City)

Off-site participants should call 1-866-519-2804 and enter passcode 770447. If you are calling from an area that cannot access this toll-free number, please dial 1-719-234-7307 and use the same passcode. Please note that this will not be an operator-assisted call, so please mute your phone (*6) until the question-and-answer period begins. When asking a question, please unmute your phone (also *6) and provide the panel with your name and the name of your news outlet.

For reporters based in the Kansas City area, we encourage you to attend the press conference in person. It will be held in the Westport room of the Westin Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, Kansas City (front desk: 816-474-4400). If you plan to attend, an RSVP is appreciated to Joe Schuele (jschuele@usmef.org) or Jim Herlihy (jherlihy@usmef.org).

Reporters are also invited to attend the USMEF Board of Directors Meeting and Product Showcase, which is set for May 21-23 at the Westin Crown Center. Additional meeting details are available online. If you plan to attend, please contact Joe Schuele at the email address above or at 303-226-7309 so we can preregister you and comp your registration fee. Meetings listed on the agenda are generally open to media, but please be advised that committees may occasionally opt for a closed session.