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NCBA CEO Kendal Frazier to Retire
USAgNet - 04/24/2019
After 34 years with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), the past four as CEO, Kendal Frazier announced his plans for retirement this morning. Kendal's career began as a farm broadcaster in Kansas, where he also served as director of
communications for Kansas Livestock Association, before moving to Denver, Colo., to join the staff of the National Cattlemen's Association (NCA), predecessor organization to NCBA. During his illustrious career, he served the beef industry through some of
its most challenging times and events.
"For more than three decades, the beef industry has benefitted from Kendal's vision and leadership. There is no doubt in my mind that he has played a major role in ensuring the success of our industry today," said NCBA President Jennifer Houston. "It has been
my pleasure to work closely with Kendal for many years and I can say without a doubt that we are far better off because of his service to cattlemen and cattlewomen."
When NCA merged with the National Livestock and Meat Board in 1996, Frazier was a member of the team who worked with staff and beef industry volunteer leaders to address a steep decline in demand, helping to address the consumer concerns which had
led to losses in market share and falling prices. This work ultimately helped to reverse those declines and set the industry on a new, consumer-focused path.
Frazier was also instrumental in helping secure the passage of the checkoff referendum and worked to secure resources for the first checkoff-funded public relations and issues management work conducted by NCBA as a contractor to the Beef Checkoff in
1998.
That prescient work would prove to be vital to the long-term success of the beef industry in 2003, when the first domestic case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was announced. The work done by Frazier and the NCBA team helped maintain consumer
confidence around the globe and ensured that every effort to minimize the impact on the beef industry was minimized.
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