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M A R C H 2 0 1 68 POTATO GROWER About The New President At the National Potato Councils NPC 2016 Annual Meeting held January 14-15 in Las Vegas Nevada Jim Tiede of American Falls Idaho was elected to serve as the NPC President for 2016 and to lead the councils Executive Committee. He is in his fifth year of serving on the NPC Executive Committee and has previously held the titles of Vice President of Grower and Public Relations and Vice President of Government and Legislative Affairs. Tiede also served the U.S. Potato Board USPB for six years as Vice Chairman of Research and Domestic Marketing and USPB Chairman in 2002-2003. In 2012- 2013 he was appointed Chairman of the Idaho Potato Commission. Although Tiede carries many acco- lades for having served on some prestigious committees he is no stranger to potato fields. Tiedes grandfather John immigrated to Idaho and homesteaded in 1908. He broke out the land from sage brush to dry land wheat production. Tiedes father Otto served his coun- try bravely in the South Pacific Theater during World War II and returned to the farm in 1949 to drill the wells and convert the farm to irrigation. Tiede later took over the farm from his dad in the 1970s and started to modernize the irrigation systems to pivots. His son Alex is currently in the process of taking over and will be the fourth genera- tion of the Tiede family to farm the same ground. In 1974 he married his high school sweetheart Debra and Tiede says that she has been at his side for over 41 years. Tiede has four children Jacklyn Meredith Erin and Alex. All of his daughters are married with two children each so he spends a lot of his down time playing with his six grandchildren. His family lineage is made up of NPC Message by John Keeling NPC Executive Vice President and CEO Jim Tiede