Poultry
Robbie Moody
Commercial Director, Poultry
About Robbie
Robbie is responsible for setting our broader poultry strategy across the U.S. and Canada, building and developing our commercial poultry team, and working with our SMT team to refine our value proposition across both our premix and feed segments in broilers, turkeys, and layers.
Robbie enjoys spending his free time with his 12 year old son Cullen traveling to club soccer events. When not traveling, he recently has started getting involved in both CrossFit and Obstacle Course Racing like Spartan and Rugged Maniac events.
Member of Team Provimi since: March 30, 2020
Education
B.S. Animal Science, Clemson University
M.S. Nutrition, Clemson University
MBA, Strayer University
Rob Payne
Nutrition & Technical Services Director, Poultry
About Rob
Rob is responsible for providing leadership to the Poultry Technical Team which includes working closely with our nutritionists, marketing personnel, account managers, innovation teams, and formulation teams to deliver best-in-class nutritional solutions and services to our customers.
Rob is an active member of the Poultry Science Association, the America Society of Animal Science, and the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists. He also serves as adjunct faculty at LSU and sits on the North American Board of Directors for the Digestive Physiology of Pigs Symposium.
Member of Team Provimi since: March 30, 2020
Education
B.S. Animal Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University
M.S. Non-Ruminant Nutrition, Louisiana State University
Ph.D. Non-Ruminant Nutrition, Louisiana State University
Blake Van Denburgh
Poultry Sales Manager
About Blake
Blake leads and develops our strategy, sales teams and process, in the layer and turkey portion of the U.S. business. He partners with our Strategic Account Managers to create winning solutions that help customers meet and exceed their goals and objectives.
Blake and his fiancée live in Stillwater, MN area. They love to garden and have hundreds of beautiful flowers, and provide veggies to the neighborhood in the summer. Blake is very active in his community and serves on many poultry industry boards.
Member of Team Provimi since: June 7, 2021
Education
B.S. Animal Science, University of Minnesota
Specialty Certification in Poultry Science, University of Wisconsin Madison
Chris Eagleson
Poultry Nutritionist
About Chris
In his role, Chris provides expertise and guidance on poultry feed and nutrition, poultry management, and operations to nutritional customers.
Chris is a native of, and currently resides in, Green Forest, Arkansas, where his family was involved in swine and poultry production. During his down time, Chris enjoys wood working and restoring old vehicles. He and his wife are expecting their first child this Spring of 2021.
Member of Team Provimi since: December 28, 2020
Education
B.S. in Poultry Science, University of Arkansas
M.S. in Poultry Science, University of Arkansas
Ph.D. in Poultry Nutrition, Texas A&M University
Dina Joardar
Poultry Nutritionist
About Dina
Dina provides expertise and guidance on poultry feed and nutrition, poultry management, and operations to nutritional customers.
In his spare time, Dina enjoys playing sports and reading.
Member of Team Provimi since: February 25, 2019
Education
BVSc, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
MSc, Poultry Science, Scottish Agricultural College, University of Glasgow
Ph.D., Poultry Science & Animal Nutrition, North Carolina State University
Elisangela Guaiume
Poultry Nutritionist
About Elisangela
In her role, Elisangela provides expertise and guidance on poultry feed and nutrition, poultry management, and operations to nutritional customers. Elisangela focuses primarily on turkey accounts, but offers support in all poultry species.
Elisangela and her husband Jeffrey Glass have a 2.5- year-old son, Frederico Glass. In her spare time she enjoys playing with her son, going to the park and doing artwork together.
Member of Team Provimi since: November 30, 2017
Education
B.S., Animal Sciences from the Universidade Estadual Paulista- Botucatu- Brazil
M.S., Poultry Nutrition from the University of Missouri-Columbia
Ph.D., Poultry Nutrition from the University of Missouri-Columbia
Ilana Barasch
Poultry Nutritionist
About Ilana
In her role, Ilana provides expertise and guidance on poultry feed and nutrition, poultry management, and operations to nutritional customers.
Ilana enjoys working in the garden and spending time with family and friends when not working.
Member of Team Provimi since: July 19, 2021
Education
B.S. in Animal Science, University of Missouri
M.S. in Poultry Science, North Carolina State University
Ph.D. in Nutrition and Poultry Science, North Carolina State University
Jarred Oxford
Poultry Nutritionist
About Jarred
In his role, Jarred provides expertise and guidance on poultry feed and nutrition, poultry management, and operations to nutritional customers.
He spends his free time hunting, fishing, and watching Georgia football.
Member of Team Provimi since: July 19, 2021
Education
B.S. in Poultry Science, University of Georgia
M.S. in Poultry Nutrition, University of Georgia
Ph.D. in Nutritional Immunology, University of Georgia
Stephanie Hutsko
Poultry Nutritionist
About Stephanie
In her role, Stephanie provides expertise and guidance on poultry feed and nutrition, poultry management, and operations to nutritional customers.
Stephanie currently resides in Wisconsin with her husband, two dogs and their 5-month old son. In her free time, she enjoys riding horses, reading and baking.
Member of Team Provimi since: December 7, 2020
Education
B.S. in Animal Science, Michigan State University
M.S. in Animal Nutrition, The Ohio State University
Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition, The Ohio State University
Brianna Peters
Formulation Specialist
About Brianna
Brianna is a member of the Poultry department and supports all Poultry Nutritionists on the team. She is responsible for working directly with customers & nutritionists on least-cost formulation needs. In addition she maintains and enters many customer production numbers into FLOCKtrak. Brianna hopes to learn and grow within our business for many years to come.
Outside of work, Brianna loves spending time outdoors. Along with the outdoors, she spends time with her youngest sister and her dog Harley. Her hobbies include fishing, hunting and basketball.
Member of Team Provimi since: July 1, 2013
Education
B.S. Animal Science, Wilmington College
Kennedi Martens
Associate Poultry Analyst
About Kennedi
Kennedi will be assisting our Formulation Specialists in reviewing ingredient nutrients, pricing, and production records to provide timely and accurate formulas to customers. She will also help to provide statistical analysis for the nutrition team to make sound, research-based recommendations to our customers.
Kennedi and her husband, Greg, currently reside in Granbury, Texas, where they have a one-year old son named Colt, a great dane (Poppy), a chocolate lab (Reed) and four chickens.
Member of Team Provimi since: August 16, 2021
Education
B.S. in Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
M.S. in Poultry Nutrition, Stephen F. Austin State University
Rachel Abner
Formulation Specialist
About Rachel
Rachel splits her time between formulation and research. On the formulation side, she reviews ingredient nutrients, pricing, and production records to provide timely and accurate formulas to customers. In addition to top-notch formulation solutions, she also helps coordinate the poultry research activities. She leads the way in getting new additives and ingredients approved to test in our research facility, creates the formulas, and communicates with the research farm in gathering data. She provides statistical analysis for the nutrition team to make sound, research-based recommendations to our customers.
Rachel married her high school sweetheart and together they have 2 children. All of her spare time is spent traveling to the kids events; baseball, softball, wrestling, football, 4-H and Girl Scouts. There is never a dull moment in the Abner household.
Member of Team Provimi since: April 14, 2008
Education
B.S., Animal Science, The Ohio State University
John Dowell
Strategic Account Manager
About John
John’s focused on growing and serving our poultry layer customers in the U.S. by providing them with innovative technical and nutrition solutions to help them achieve their business goals.
John and his wife Meghan live in Giddings, TX and have been married for 20 years. They have two very active children who enjoy anything outdoors. They are all very active in their community where John is in his 4th term as Mayor of the City of Giddings.
Member of Team Provimi since: July 1, 2021
Education
B.S. Animal Science, Texas A&M University
Kevin Riley
Strategic Account Manager
About Kevin
Kevin is responsible for partnering with poultry customers and leveraging our resources to create winning solutions that help customers meet and exceed their goals and objectives.
Kevin and his wife have 2 sons and enjoy wake surfing and wakeboarding on Lake Lanier.
Member of Team Provimi since: August 24, 2020
Education
B.S. Animal Science, Berry College
Mark Tilbury
Strategic Account Manager
About Mark
Mark supports our Poultry Nutritionists in a technical service role, specializing in broiler production and cage-free layer systems, as well as Organic and Antibiotic-free programs. Mark often finds that customers who have challenges in production have problems that are usually not limited to nutrition. He assists in identifying other environmental factors that are influencing their production goals.
Mark serves on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Allied Poultry Industry.
Member of Team Provimi since: February 23, 2015
Education
B.S. Poultry Science, Michigan State University
Mike Burns
Strategic Account Manager
About Mike
Mike leverages his vast poultry experience to partner with customers, and uses Cargill resources to create winning solutions that help customers meet and exceed their goals and objectives.
When Mike isn’t working, he enjoys riding his motorcycle through the country, and generally being outdoors, spoiling two beautiful nieces, and camping in northern Pennsylvania.
Member of Team Provimi since: June 21, 2021
Education
B.S. Poultry Technology & Management, Penn State University
Mike Warsco
Strategic Account Manager
About Mike
Mike covers Michigan, Northern Indiana and Southwest Ontario, working with all species. Mike is proud of the fact that Provimi has been doing business in this market area for over 40 years and has customers that have been working with our company almost as long. Besides buying customers lunches and donuts, Mike works as a conduit between customers and our nutrition staff, as well as all other departments at Provimi.
Territories: MI
Mike cuts wood, makes things from wood, burns wood and smokes meat with wood. Mike’s wife tells him he has too many chain saws and smokers. He plays harmonica on weekends at jam sessions and gigs with musical friends. Mike is learning the banjo, but reports not being patient with it. He attends MSU sporting events and goes fishing whenever he is able.
Member of Team Provimi since: March 6, 1995
Education
Michigan State University
Sandy Lee
Strategic Account Manager
About Sandy
Responsible to develop and manage several client accounts including all aspects of account selection, discovery of value opportunities, account planning, monitoring the ongoing delivery of products and services, and communications with senior leaders in the customer organization. Responsible to provide clients with technical expertise by providing practical knowledge of technical solutions to support their business growth and production systems. This involves knowledge of live production practices, facilities, health & nutrition programs. Provide production performance monitoring and analysis as an important component of customer service.
Sandy has two children, a 19-year-old son, Kennedy, and a 25-year-old daughter, McKenna, who help run their family outside business ventures. She loves anything to do with the outdoors and sunshine. Her hobbies are landscaping, livestock, and constructing things on their farm. Her family built a big red barn and then turned it into a wedding venue, the Enchanted Valley Farm. Sandy also enjoys boating on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokee’s and spending time with her 5-month-old grandson, Maverick.
Member of Team Provimi since: July 30, 2020
Education
B.S. Agriculture Education, Oklahoma State University
Tammy Baltzley
Strategic Account Manager
About Tammy
Tammy leverages her vast poultry experience to partner with customers, and uses Cargill resources to create winning solutions that help customers meet and exceed their goals and objectives.
Tammy, her husband, and two daughters reside in Western New York where they love spending time outside with their many animals that include horses, cats, dogs, and many rabbits. They are heavily involved with the local 4H program and Tammy runs the cat program for their county.
Member of Team Provimi since: July 6, 2021