Kaitlyn Briggs works on the animal welfare and sustainability team at fairlife, as a veterinarian and Senior Manager of Dairy Welfare and Sustainability. Prior to joining fairlife she spent time in private dairy practice and on the environmental research team at Dairy Management Inc. Kaitlyn is passionate about establishing a culture of care on farms where both our cows and our employees thrive and finding sustainability solutions that are profitable and improve animal care.

She currently resides in Yakima Valley Washington, where he husband manages a 4,000 cow dairy and in her free time enjoys hiking, skiing, and group fitness classes.

Angela was born and raised on her family dairy in Eastern Wisconsin. Her family milked 50 cows on average and farmed 120 acres until the cows were sold in 2018. Angela attended Lakeshore Technical College and Fox Valley Technical College for her degrees in Agricultural Business, Science and Technology along with a Minor in Spanish. She continued on to work at numerous size dairies ranging from 300 cows to 3,000 cows throughout the past 15 years. Angela came to Foremost Farms in 2019 as the FARM Program Advisor. She performs on average 200 evaluations a year throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. She is also certified in Environmental Stewardship, Work Force Development and Enhanced Biosecurity.

In her free time, she enjoys golfing with friends, trapshooting, and spending time with her dog and her chickens.

In 2011, Lindsay completed her MS in Animal Science from the University of British Columbia Animal Welfare Program. For almost 5 years, she worked for the Novus C.O.W.S.® Program conducting on-farm cow comfort assessments, seminars on cow comfort, and providing producers with herd-specific reports relative to regional benchmarks. Lindsay joined Cornell University in 2016, as a Regional Dairy Specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension North Country Regional Ag Team. In 2024, Lindsay started with Cornell PRO-DAIRY as the Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist. She conducts on farm research, provides educational programs for farmers and farm workers, and works with dairy farmers across New York State to help them improve cow comfort and animal welfare on their farms and stay in compliance with animal welfare requirements including the National FARM Animal Care Program.

Doug Chapin was first elected to the Michigan Milk Producers Association board of directors in 2016 and currently serves as Chairman of the MMPA board, a position he has held since March 2020. Doug and his wife, Cheri, and son, Sam, operate Chapin Family Farms LLC in Remus, Michigan where they farm 2,000 acres and milk 700 cows.

In addition to his position as MMPA Board Chairman, Doug serves on the Executive Committee for the National Milk Producers Federation board of directors and also serves on the United States Dairy Export Council Trade Policy Committee. In 2024 Doug was honored as the “Farmer Communicator of the Year” by the National Milk Producers Federation for his efforts in sharing dairy’s story to foster a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by dairy farmers.

Skyler Barney is a fifth-generation dairy farmer in Northern New York. His family has been dairying at Butterville Farms since 1919. There is a total of 2,600 animals on the farm between milkers, dry cows and replacements. The farm grows over 3,800 acres of corn, hay and alfalfa. He manages the farm in partnership with his grandfather, father, uncle, two cousins and one non-family member.

Skyler attended Clarkson University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Global Supply Chain Management. He was elected to be on the Resolutions Committee for DFA’s Northeast area and DFA’s Corporate Resolution Committee in 2022. In 2024, he was appointed to represent DFA on the Dairy One Board of Directors. He has spoken to lawmakers in Congress as a representative of both NMPF and DFA.

Doreen Dyt works as Industry Relations Specialist for California Dairies, Inc., managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders and overseeing sixty of CDI’s member-owner dairies. In addition to managing milk quality, FARM Animal Care program compliance and transportation logistics for her farms, Doreen is the FARM Database Farm Group Manager for the cooperative.

Doreen was born and raised on a California dairy farm, where her dairy experience began. Growing up on her family’s farm alongside her three sisters, Doreen learned everything she knows from her father. She was involved with daily animal care decisions and treatments, including the implementation of activity collars and pulsation monitoring systems.

Doreen attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo where she majored in Agricultural Business, with much of her elective coursework focusing on dairy farm consultation. While at Cal Poly, Doreen competed on the National Dairy Challenge team, an intercollegiate competition allowing students to take on the role of farm consultant and provide recommendations to dairies on ways to improve based on farm observations and data analysis. Prior to joining California Dairies, Inc., Doreen completed internships with the National Milk Producers Federation, Milc Group and Alltech.