MONROE — The Foreign Type Cheesemaker’s Association recently held its annual election for members of the Board of Directors. 

The newly elected Board Member is Luke Buholzer, VP Sales, Klondike Cheese Company, Monroe.

The reelected Board Members are John Jaeggi, Coordinator Cheese Industry & Application Program, Center for Dairy Research, Madison; Randy Pitman, Owner and Master Cheesemaker, Mill Creek Cheese, Arena, (Secretary).

They join the following returning board members: Ben Workman, Plant Manager, Edelweiss Creamery, Monticello; Thomas Dahmen, technical director, Chula Vista Cheese, Browntown, (vice president); Lindsey White, co-owner, Torkelson Cheese, Lena, Illinois; Rob Bradley, quality/product development/technical systems, Family Fresh Pack, Monticello; Chris Roelli, owner, Roelli Cheese Company, Darlington (president);

Rob Frie, director of quality assurance — cheese division, Prairie Farms, Shullsburg; and Mark Witke, president, Zimmerman Cheese, Wiota, (treasurer).

The Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association also recognized Adam Buholzer, VP of Production, Klondike Cheese, Inc, Monroe, for the past six years of service to the Board of Directors, retiring as vice president of the board.

The Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association was established in 1935 to perform quality control testing on the cheese produced by Green County Cheesemakers.

Today it serves the cheese and dairy industry throughout the U.S. 

The Association operates an ISO 17025 Certified food safety laboratory in Monroe.