Board of Directors

The Idaho Irrigation Equipment Association is pleased to announce the 2018 officers and board of directors. Kendall Rolfe, Rain For Rent, Idaho Falls, will serve as president. Shane Stevenson, Agri-Lines Irrigation, Mountain Home, got the nod as vice president and Daniel Axness, Idaho Power Company, Boise, was selected as treasurer.

Three new board members were elected to two-year terms:  Chad Draper, 2M Company, Meridian; Ryan Nolevanko, Komet Irrigation, Twin Falls; and Larry Spath, Robertson Supply – The Pump House, Nampa.  They join Jim Lupton, Silver Creek Supply, Twin Falls and Marvin Pascual, Reinke Manufacturing Company, Federal Way, Washington. Tawna Root, Layne Pumps, Inc., Twin Falls, will serve as the immediate past president and as the sixth board member..

The following IIEA members will serve as committee chairs for association activities this year: Education Chairman: Howard Neibling, University of Idaho, Kimberly; Scholarship Chairman: Dirk Leavitt, Valmont Industries, American Falls; 2019 Winter Show Ag Chair: Ben Searle, 2M Company, Meridian. Tondee Clark, Boise, has begun her 22nd year as secretary.

The IIEA was established in 1971 as a non-profit education organization and membership consists of more than 125 separate entities including wholesale suppliers, retail dealers, equipment manufacturers, public utilities and educational institutions engaged in serving Idaho’s agricultural and landscape irrigation equipment needs.