Employee Highlights

This week, we are thrilled to highlight Vanessa Hostetter, a Reproductive Services Specialist based in the Central region, covering Northern Lancaster and Lebanon counties.Vanessa has spent 5.5 years with Premier, starting her journey as an extern while studying at Penn State. She officially joined the company as an intern in December 2020, spent three years…

This week, we are highlighting Duane Caler, an Area Sales Manager for Northern Vermont and Northern New York!Duane has spent 20 years with Premier, dedicated to the same role. He follows a busy six-week schedule delivering semen, filling liquid nitrogen tanks, and providing essential cow and calf care products. Duane also works closely with our…

We are thrilled to highlight Parke Heisey, a Reproductive Services Specialist based in Lebanon, PA!Parke has spent nearly 16 years with Premier, dedicated to the same role he has had since the beginning. Every day, he focuses on promptly and consistently servicing breeding calls. He balances morning and afternoon farm visits with monitoring his CowManager…

This week, we are highlighting Kevin Lincomfelt, our Sales Support Specialist for the Southern Region!Kevin joined the Premier team in June 2023. In his role, he keeps a sharp eye on day-to-day operations by assisting with CowManager sales and support for the entire southern region, managing reproduction protocols for dairies, and assisting Area Sales Managers…

This week, we are thrilled to highlight Kristy Temple!Kristy is a Reproductive Services Specialist Supervisor for the Northern Region. She started with Premier six years ago as a summer intern. She later served as a Relief Technician and then managed her own technician area across the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, and Central NY. After gaining…

This week, we are proud to feature Jeff Benedict in our Employee Highlight! Jeff has served as an Area Sales Manager with Premier for 13 years, focusing his expertise on guiding customers toward the best genetic choices for their operations.When asked what he finds most rewarding about his role, Jeff states, “I value the relationships and…

This week, we are highlighting Liette Viens!Liette has been with Premier for 8 years as a reproductive services specialist in the Northern Region! She spends her time each day helping ensure that producers meet the reproductive goals for their herds. This includes product sales, helping them choose genetics aligned with their goals, artificial insemination, and…

This week, the spotlight is on Chris Hess!Chris has been with Premier as a Sales Support Specialist since February 2025. Most of his day-to-day work involves assisting the Area Sales Managers in his area by doing work with Select Mating Service® (SMS®) and Select Reproductive Solutions® (SRS®), as well as growing CowManager® sales.When asked what…

This week we highlight Andrew Keffer!Andrew has been working as an Area Sales Manager in the Southern Region for a little over a year now. His day consists of truck routes to fill tanks and provide semen and products to customers. He assists producers by offering solutions to reach their genetic goals and potential. He…

Today, we are highlighting Dave Miklic!Dave has been with Premier for eleven years. He worked as a Reproductive Services Specialist (RSS) in Perry County, PA for four years, and as an RSS Supervisor for the past seven years. Dave does a variety of things in his day-to-day, and it never looks the same! He spends…

This week, we are proud to highlight Brian Dewey!Brian has been with Premier for three years, serving as an Area Sales Manager in Southern Kansas. Last fall, he expanded his impact by taking over dairies in Central Kansas as well. On any given day, you can find Brian working closely with producers managing herds ranging…

Our employee highlight this week is Tanner HodgesTanner has been with Premier for five years! Two of those years he spent as a relief tech. He has spent the last three years as a reproductive services specialist in the central region, covering southern Lancaster and Chester counties. In his day-to-day, he provides insemination services, assists…

This week, we are highlighting Jay Stoltzfus! Jay joined the team in 2014 as a relief technician. In a full-circle moment just six months later, he stepped into the role of the gentleman who had been servicing his father’s herd for many years. Today, with over 11 years of experience, Jay serves as a Reproductive Services…

This week’s employee highlight is Amanda Landsiedel. Amanda is currently the Director of Distribution and works in the Tunkhannock office. She has been with Premier for 16 years. Amanda started part time as an intern in 2010, and during her internship she worked with the distribution team and completed a marketing project with the northern region…

Our next employee highlight is Caitlyn Fuhrer!On April 1st, Caitlyn officially stepped into her role as a Reproductive Services Specialist in Central New York. Caitlyn first joined the Premier team as an intern/relief tech back in February while finishing up school.Her day-to-day work is spent out in the field providing reproductive services for the farms…

This week’s employee highlight is Tim Rogers! Tim is currently the Fleet Manager and also works in distribution. He has been with Premier for 19 years. Tim started out as a roving relief technician in November of 2006, and then he worked as an SMS Evaluator until January of 2017. At that point, he moved into…

This week’s employee highlight is Mason Hamlett!Mason has been with Premier for a year and a half and is an Area Sales Manager in Eastern Virginia. His daily tasks consist of truck routes where he interacts with customers and sells products and semen. He gets to work with producers daily, and he talks about genetics…

This week’s employee highlight is Luke Johnson! Luke has been with Premier for five years. He started in Virginia in a Select Mating Service (SMS) and Area Sales Manager (ASM) role before becoming an ASM in North Carolina. He has been in his current role for two years now. His typical day includes supplying dairy and…

On March 1st, Hannah Matthew started as a Sales Support Specialist in the Central Region! Hannah has been with the Premier team for 7 1/2 years, previously serving as an Area Sales Manager. Her deep roots in the industry also include an additional 4 1/2 years with World Wide Sires New Zealand.Hannah has spent the last…

Our next highlighted employee is Anna Sullivan! Anna is a Distribution and Support Specialist / ASM in the mid to western Tennessee region. She is currently going on seven years with Premier since she graduated from college in 2019. She began as a Distribution and Support Specialist under Tim Barnes and started the dual role…

Daphne Lang is a Dairy Coordinator in the central region, covering southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has been with Premier for 22 years!Her day-to-day work focuses on serving as a genetic consultant. She works hard with producers to evaluate their herds, analyze genetics, and develop breeding strategies for their operation.When asked what she finds…

Henry Mitchell has been working hard as an Area Sales Manager for Premier’s southern region for 8 years, covering South Carolina and North Carolina.When asked what he finds most rewarding about his role, Henry said, “Being able to help producers maximize their genetics with our semen and products.”As advice to someone interested in a similar…

Elijah Williard serves as an Area Sales Manager (ASM) for Premier’s Central Region. Having been with the company for 10 years, Eli spent his first eight years as a technician before transitioning into his current role three years ago.When asked what he finds most rewarding about his role, Eli said, “I find my work deeply…

Amber Kirk serves as a Dairy Coordinator for Premier’s central region, covering Maryland, Delaware, and a few herds in Pennsylvania. She also travels to Kansas routinely to provide service to herds there. She has been with Premier for five years. . Amber works hard as a genetic consultant, providing a wide variety of services to…