SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jihad Douglas, president of Aviagen Turkeys Inc., has been elected as chairman of the National Turkey Federation for 2015.
The NTF board of directors elected officers and members of the Executive Committee during its February annual convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Other officers are John Reicks, vice president of internal operations for Tyson Foods Inc., vice-chairman; and Carl Wittenburg, president of Protein Alliance Inc., secretary-treasurer. Gary Cooper, chief operating officer of Cooper Farms, assumes the position of immediate past chairman.
Douglas completed his doctorate in poultry nutrition in 1989 at the University of. . .