Board & Staff

2023 OWGL Executive Team

Collin Crocker

President

Wade Bingaman

Vice President

Ben Maney

Past President

Erin Hansell Heideman

Secretary/Treasurer

County Presidents

Thomas Bernards, N. Willamette Valley
Wade Bingaman, Baker/Union
Rodney Cheyne, Klamath County
Kevin Corn, Malheur County
Josh Duling, Wasco County
Thad Eakin, Sherman County
Emery Gentry, Umatilla County
Deacon Heideman, Gilliam County
Erin Heideman, Morrow County
Kurt Melville, Wallowa County
Mike Schrock, S. Willamette Valley

Board of Directors

Amanda Hoey

AMANDA HOEY, CEO

Amanda is the Chief Executive Officer for the Oregon Wheat Commission (state commodity commission) and the Oregon Wheat Growers League (private growers association). She represents Oregon's wheat industry in local, state, national and international arenas.

Amanda previously served as the Executive Director for Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, a bi-state regional economic development entity supporting the Columbia Gorge region of Oregon and Washington. She graduated from Whitman College with a Degree in Economics. She was raised and lives on a dryland wheat farm.

Jason Flowers

Program Director
Email Jason
541-276-7330

Jason Flowers joined the Oregon Wheat Growers League in 2022. He was born and raised on a hay, grain and cattle farm in the Klamath Basin. That is where he ran his own grain and cattle operation and eventually took over management of his family’s operation. He has spent over twenty years actively advocating for the needs of agriculture producers at the county, state and national levels.

Lucy Kenagy

Administrative Assistant and Membership Coordinator
Email Lucy
541-276-7330

Lucy Kenagy joined the Oregon Wheat Growers League in 2023. At OWGL, Lucy focuses on membership duties and managing daily functions of the OWGL office.