Mulhern named NMPF COO
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) named Jim Mulhern as chief operating officer (COO), effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Mulhern, a veteran public affairs professional with three decades of government policy and communications experience in Washington, D.C., will report directly to NMPF President & CEO Jerry Kozak. He will have direct oversight of the communications, government relations and membership functions of the organization.
Mulhern has an extensive dairy industry background, including earlier work with NMPF. A Wisconsin native and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Mulhern began his professional career working for a dairy cooperative in Madison.
Mulhern came to Washington, D.C., to work on Capitol Hill in 1983. He first joined the staff of NMPF in 1985, before returning to Capitol Hill to serve as chief of staff to Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl. Mulhern has since worked in senior management positions for Fleishman-Hillard, the Fratelli Group, and Watson/Mulhern LLC. Throughout this time, Mulhern maintained his relationship with NMPF by working as a consultant to the organization on numerous projects.
CWT assists with 2.4 million lbs. of cheese, butter and WMP export sales
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted 10 requests for export assistance from Bongards, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative, and Michigan Milk Producers Association to sell 1.285 million lbs. of cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 1.058 million lbs. of butter, and 85,890 lbs. of whole milk powder (WMP) to customers in Asia and the Middle East. The product will be delivered December 2012 through February 2013.
So far in 2012, CWT has assisted member cooperatives in making export sales of 113.6 million lbs. of cheese, 70.5 million lbs. of butter, 127,868 lbs. of anhydrous milk fat and 171,961 lbs. of WMP to 36 countries on four continents. On a butterfat basis, the milk equivalent of these exports is 2.590 billion lbs. or the same as 75% of the increase in U.S. milk production through October 2012.
