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I.A.O.M. Review

Klaric named president of the
I.A.O.M.; other officers elected
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - Three Croatia," Mr. Klaric said during his director of the I.A.O.M.'s Golden
new officers were elected at the In- acceptance speech during the annual West District from 2005-08; and was
ternational Association of Operative I.A.O.M. banquet. "All of this makes that district's chairman in 2002-04.
Millers' (I.A.O.M.) 113th Conference sense in times of globalization. Our He also was the Southeastern Dis& Expo on April 30 in Grand Rapids.
growth, sustainability and contribu- trict's chairman from 1997-98, the asIvo Klaric, assistant facility man- tion to the milling industry need to sociation said. In addition to his new
ager at Horizon Milling in Saskatoon, continue. Our membership contin- role as vice-president of the I.A.O.M.,
Sask., became the 105th president of ues to successfully grow in interna- Mr. Hahlweg will be president
of the I.M.E.F.
the I.A.O.M. A native of Bolivia, Mr. tional fields."
Mr. Hahlweg joined ConAgra Foods
Klaric is the association's first presiMr. Klaric said among his top priordent who is not from North America. ities during his year as president will upon graduation in 1989. Over the
The theme of Mr. Klaric's presidency be ensuring that the I.A.O.M. contin- course of his career at ConAgra, he
is "Milling at the Right Time, in the ues to strengthen the grain milling has worked in six different facilities as
Right Place, with the Right People."
industry through short courses, cor- operations analyst, scheduling superMr. Klaric has been an active mem- respondence courses and conference- visor, associate miller, elevator/packaging supervisor, and plant manager.
ber of the I.A.O.M. since 1985, ac- sharing experiences.
cording to the association. He was on
"We need to continue our work to His first plant manager appointment
the executive committee as treasurer bring together the best technical mill- came in 1993 in Blackwell, Okla., folin 2007-08, and as vice-president in ing information, mill management lowed by three years managing the
company's Tampa, Fla., facil2008-09. He was director of
ity He has been the Oakland
the I.A.O.M.'s Latin America
'We believe a solid network
facility's plant manager since
District in 2003-07. He is also
1998.
the immediate past president
of millers will strengthen
He received a bachelor's of
of the International MillI.A.O.M., the international
science degree in agricultural
ing Education Foundation
milling industry, and the
business at Colorado State
(I.M.E.F.), a philanthropic
University, Fort Collins.
partner of the I.A.O.M. that
capabilities of individual
funds a variety of educationmillers who belong to
Woodard tapped as treasurer
al programs related to the
I.A.O.M.'
Joseph Woodard, general
grain milling industry.
- Ivo Klaric, president of the International
manager for Archer Daniels
Before joining Cargill in
Midland Co. in Arkansas
2008, Mr. Klaric was operaAssociation of Operative Millers
City, Kas., was elected 2009tions manager at Seaboard10 treasurer of the I.A.O.M.
Ecuador, in Guayaquil,
Guayas, Ecuador, from 1993 to 2008. techniques and the latest informa- As treasurer, he will oversee prepaHe was also plant manager of Pro- tion on new milling equipment so rations for the association's 2010 and
Granos in Puerto Rico. He started that we may efficiently educate and 2011 conferences in Las Vegas and San
his milling career at Ferrari & Ghez- train our members," he said. "We be- Antonio, respectively. He is also in
zi in Bolivia, serving as the head lieve a solid network of millers will line to take over as the association's
miller of Molino Andino in La Paz strengthen I.A.O.M., the internation- president from 2011-12, according to
from 1982-87 and plant manager of al milling industry, and the capabili- the I.A.O.M.
Mr. Woodard has been an active
Molino El Pagador in Oruro, Boliv- ties of individual millers who belong
member of the I.A.O.M. since 1980.
ia, from 1987-1990.
to I.A.O.M."
He was director of the I.A.O.M.'s
He completed his degree in milling
Wheat State District from 2003-09
science at Kansas State University in Hahlweg to v.p.
1982, and was one of the first Latin
Bart Hahlweg, plant manager for and was that district's chairman in
American graduates of the program. ConAgra Foods, Inc. in Oakland, Ca- 1999-2000. While serving as treasurer
He has a bachelor's degree in busi- lif., was unanimously elected 2009-10 of the I.A.O.M., he will be vice-presness administration from the Univer- vice-president of the I.A.O.M. Mr. ident of I.M.E.F. Mr. Woodard has
sidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Hahlweg will oversee operations for been an I.M.E.F. trustee since it was
and a master's of business adminis- the association's 2010 conference in founded in 2003.
Mr. Woodard joined the milling ditration in finance from the Instituto Las Vegas.
Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores
Mr. Hahlweg has been an active vision of ADM in 1979. He has held
de Monterrey, Mexico.
member of the I.A.O.M. since 1992, several positions, including miller,
"I live in Canada, I have a Bolivian including as treasurer of the execu- mill superintendent, plant superinpassport, and my godfather is from tive committee from 2008-09. He was tendent, plant manager and general
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