Pioneer / DuPont Sponsorship Information
For the 2008 Leadership Institute
Douglass G. Reeves
Eastern Farm Manager Coordinator
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
19616 E 2100 North Road
Towanda, IL 61776-9497
Dan Kallem
Central Farm Manager Coordinator
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
7100 NW 62nd Avenue
P.O. Box 1150
Johnston, IA 50131-1150
Lonnie Smith
Western Farm Manager Coordinator
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
11769 No. 175th Circle
Bennington NE 68007
Dan, Lonnie and Doug are the individuals who are able to obtain a $20,000 sponsorship for this program from
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. They were instrumental in planning and arranging the following items for the
Farm Managers portion of the Leadership Institute:
 All planning and coordination expenses for developing the farm manager program, Wilmington speakers,
meeting locations, tours and meetings.
 Lunch at Reagan National Airport.
 Van transportation to and from Wilmington for the farm manager group
 Saturday tour of Chesapeake Farms and meeting with Trey Hill.
 Saturday hosted dinner for farm managers at Waterman's Crab House
 Activities in Wilmington, i.e. Longwood Gardens and Hagley Museum admission.
 Lunch at Longwood Gardens
 Dinner and reception at the Hotel DuPont
 Breakfast and Lunch at the DuPont Country Club
 Travel, housing and meal expenses for Dan Kallem, Lonnie Smith and Doug Reeves during the
Leadership Institute
 Travel and lodging expenses for Steve Elmore, Pioneer speaker in Washington.
Other individuals responsible for programs and should receive letters and/or e-mails of appreciation are as
follows:
Wilmington Area Hosts and Speakers:
Mr. Edward J. Makowski
Director, Strategic Planning and Six Sigma
DuPont Crop Protection
4417 Lancaster Pike
P.O. Box 80705, CRP705/1S5
Wilmington, DE 19805
e-mail: edward.j.markowski@usa.dupont.com
Ed gave us the Sunday evening meeting presentation about the direction of Dupont and his plans for DuPont
Crop Protection.
Mr. Dennis J. Magyar
Industry Manager North America
DuPont Applied BioSciences, BioFuels
Experimental Station 356/130A
P. O. Box 80356
Wilmington, DE 19880-0356
e-mail: dennis.j.magyar@usa.dupont.com
Dennis gave the Monday morning presentation on DuPont biofuels and Biobutanol.
Mr. Samuel J. Ponzo
Project Manager
DuPont Safety Resources
Barley Mill Plaza
4417 Lancaster Pike
Wilmington, DE 19805
e-mail: samuel.j.ponzo@usa.dupont.com
Sam discussed DuPont's business involving Safety and Safety services.
Mr.Scott Sebastian
Senior Research Scientist
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
7300 NW 62nd Ave.
P.O. Box 1004
Johnston, IA 50131-1004
e-mail: scott.sebastian@pioneer.com
Scott discussed Pioneer's work with genetic markers and Advanced Yield Technology in soybeans..
Mr. Stephen A. Lefko, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Insect Control and Herbicide Resistance, Crop Genetics Research and Development
DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition
Rt. 141 & Henry Clay Road, Bldg. #353
P. O. Box 80353
Wilmington, DE. 19880-0353
e-mail: steve.lefko@pioneer.com
Steve spoke about Pioneer's Optimum AcreMax 1, corn rootworm refuge in a bag technology.
Chesapeake Farms hosts and speakers on Saturday afternoon:
Mr. Bill McCollum
Area Agronomist
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
31601 Maryland Ave.
Galena, MD. 21635
e-mail: bill.mccollum@pioneer.com
Bill met the group at Chesapeake Farms and spoke about the soybean technology AYT. Bill also arranged for
us to vist Trey Hill's farm at Rock Hall, MD. Before dinner on Saturday night.
Mr. David McAuliffe
Account Manager
DuPont Crop Protection
e-mail: david.mcauliffe@usa.dupont.com
David met us at Chesapeake Farms and share the DuPont Optimum GAT information in front of the corn and
bean plots.
Mark C. Conner
Chesapeake Farms
7319 Remington Drive
Chestertown, MD 21620
e-mail: Mark.C.Connor@usa.dupont.com<mailto:Mark.C.Connor@usa.dupont.com>
Mark is the manager of Chesapeake Farms and hosted the tour of the farm. He discussed the wildlife
management and conservation efforts at the farm.
Mr. Trey Hill
21654 Hill Lane
Rock Hall, MD 21661
The Hill family hosted us at their grain storage facility and discussed their farming operations.
They farm @ 12,000 acres on the Delmarva pennsinula.
Washington Speakers:
Steve Elmore
Senior Marketing Manager,
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
7100 NW 62nd Ave.
PO Box 1150,
Johnston IA 50131
E-mail: steven.elmore@pioneer.com
Steve gave the Economic review in Washington for the entire membership.
Julie K. Manes
Government Relations Manager
Washington DC
e-mail: julie.k.manes@usa.dupont.com
Julie spoke about the issues Pioneer and DuPont were contacting Congress about.
Pioneer managers responsible for budget support of the Leadership Institute:
Alyssa Sundell
Senior Analyst
Biotechnology Affairs & Industry Relations
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
7000 NW 62nd Avenue
P. O. Box 1000
Johnston, IA 50131
E-mail: alyssa.sundell@pioneer.com<mailto:alyssa.sundell@pioneer.com>