Dr. Trey Kellner is the Swine Nutritionist and Managing Partner for AMVC Nutritional Services. He currently oversees the feeding program for over 175,000 sows and 2,000,000 market pigs per year in 12 states across 40 plus feed mills. Dr. Kellner grew up in rural Western Kansas and found an early interest in swine nutrition by managing a modest show pig operation and observing his dad manage a cooperative feed mill. He attended Colby Community College and the University of Nebraska and obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Science under the tutelage of Dr. John Patience at Iowa State University. Trey adds value from the board room to the slat level. He develops and executes successful feeding programs and predicts economic and performance outcomes. He works in tandem with primary caretakers, production managers, veterinarians, central feed desk employees, and feed mill managers to ensure the correct feed gets to the correct pig at the correct time. Most recently, Trey was honored with the 2020 Young Alumni of Distinction Award by the Animal Science Department at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, the 2022 Midwest Section of the American Society of Animal Science Outstanding Early Career Agribusiness Award, and the 2023 Alpha Gamma Rho Grand President’s Award. Trey currently resides in Audubon, Iowa with his wife Heather and four-year-old son Theo and one-year-old daughter Dylan.

Tara Donovan is a Swine Veterinarian currently working as an independent consultant for Donovan Veterinary Service LLC in New Zealand since September 2023. With 24 years of experience, she served as Vice President of Health Management for The HANOR Company, a US pork producer with operations in seven states. Her responsibilities included overseeing preventative health care programs, managing a veterinary team, and developing animal well-being initiatives and employee animal care training. Tara specializes in swine preventative health programs, biosecurity for disease prevention, and disease improvement and eradication programs. She holds a Bachelor of Science in animal science from the University of Nebraska (1995), a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Kansas State University (1998), and a Master of Veterinary Science Degree in Livestock Systems Health from the University of Illinois (May 2023). Tara has been an active member of various veterinary organizations and received several awards for her contributions to the field.

After 8 years of field experience in Brazil, he joined Iowa State University in 2015 and serves as Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Education. Daniel works with the Field Epi team (www.fieldepi.org), which includes 25 professionals centered on graduate education and professional services on development and evaluation of strategies to improve swine health & productivity. His group has over 300 publications/participations in meetings over the last 5 years, having worked closely with veterinarians and pig producers representing > 3 million sows.