020117 Chief of National Cattlemen's Association ResignsJanuary 19, 2002Denver, CO - The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is searching for a new chief executive. Chuck Schroeder announced that he will resign effective March 1 to become executive director of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Okla. Terry Stokes, executive vice president and chief financial officer of the trade association, has been named to temporarily fill the vacancy. Association leaders said a search committee would be formed to fill the job permanently. Schroeder became the Denver-based organization's first chief executive officer in November 1995. During his tenure, Schroeder completed the merger of the National Live Stock and Meat Board and the National Cattlemen's Association. He also worked to develop strategies to stabilize and increase beef demand, and he relocated the association to a new office in Denver. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is the trade association of the nation's cattle farmers and ranchers, and a marketing organization for the industry.
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