Terrel Platt, CattleFax

Terrel Platt joined CattleFax as an analyst in January of 2022. His responsibilities include research and analysis in the beef segment of the industry, as well as fundamental research in the stocker cattle, and cow/calf sectors. 

Terrel grew up in Eastern Oregon on his family’s commercial cow/calf operation. Terrel attended Colorado State University receiving bachelor’s degrees in animal science and agribusiness in 2019. While at CSU, Terrel was a member of the meat, meat animal evaluation, and livestock judging teams. After finishing undergrad, he worked in Australia on a large-scale cattle operation in Central Queensland before returning stateside to work for a Red Angus seedstock operation in Montana. Terrel received a master’s degree in agricultural economics from CSU in the spring of 2022. His research focused on risk management and price analysis in the stocker cattle sector.

Kaitlynn Glover, Public Lands Council Executive Director

Kaitlynn Glover serves as the Executive Director of the Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Natural Resources. Prior to joining PLC in 2020, Kaitlynn served as a policy advisor on agriculture, natural resources, and Tribal policy issues in the United States Senate. Before moving to Washington, Kaitlynn spent several years working for Teagasc, the agriculture semi-state authority in Ireland. During that time, she received a Masters of Agriscience in Innovation Support from University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. 

Originally from Wyoming, Kaitlynn has a diverse background in agriculture policy and production, and strong ties to grazers, recreationalists, and many other users of public land resources. She is an alumna of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture where she studied agriculture communications, international agriculture economics, and farm and ranch management.

Colin Woodall, NCBA Chief Executive Officer

Colin Woodall is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and leads the country’s oldest and largest national trade association for cattle producers in being the trusted voice and definitive leader of the beef industry.

Originally from Big Spring, Texas, Colin graduated from Texas A&M and then worked as a grain elevator manager and merchandiser for Cargill at several locations in western Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle. After venturing to Washington, Colin took a job with U.S. Senator John Cornyn from Texas. He has been with NCBA since 2004 and served as the association’s Chief Lobbyist in Washington, D.C., for a decade. He is a founding member of the Government Relations Leadership Forum, a life member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, member of the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association, the Agribusiness Club of Washington, D.C., the Washington Agricultural Roundtable, and is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Agriculture Council of America. He also volunteers as a junior commercial steer show judge at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition.

Ethan Lane, NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs

Ethan Lane is the Vice President of Government Affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Ethan is a 5th generation Arizonan with more than 20 years of experience in natural resources, land use issues, and advocacy on behalf of the cattle industry. 

Prior to his role as the Vice President of Government Affairs, Ethan was the Executive Director for the Public Lands Council and Senior Executive Director of the NCBA Federal Lands portfolio. Before joining PLC and NCBA, Ethan operated a consulting firm where he worked on multiple high profile political campaigns and advised a variety of private companies and industries on regulatory and legislative issues impacting their businesses. 

 Prior to moving to Washington, Ethan spent ten years helping to grow and manage a large real estate and ranch portfolio in Arizona. His diverse background gives him a unique perspective on the challenges producers face on a daily basis.

Gene Copenhaver, NCBA Vice President

Gene Copenhaver is a fifth-generation cattleman whose family dates to the 1850s in Washington County, Virginia. Copenhaver currently manages his family’s stocker operation in southwest Virginia with his son, Will. Copenhaver was an agriculture loan officer for 38 years and served his clients who were primarily cattle producers in five East Coast states. 

Prior to his current role, Copenhaver served as chair of NCBA’s Policy Division, vice chair and chair of NCBA’s Tax & Credit Committee and vice chair and chair of NCBA’s International Trade Committee. He is a past president of the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association and past chairman of the Virginia Cattle Foundation. He and his family have long been active members and supporters of NCBA, Virginia Cattlemen’s Association, Smyth-Washington Cattlemen’s Association and the Virginia Cattlemen’s Foundation. 

 Copenhaver graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in animal science. He has been married to his wife, Jodi, for 35 years, and they have three grown children, Brad, Will and Jaymee, and one granddaughter, Aila.