We are blessed to have a group of outstanding individuals that make up the Grand Valley Fortifiers team. Each day this team works tirelessly to serve our customers and provide the best products and service in the livestock nutrition industry. Below you’ll learn more about our senior management group and our team members who are involved directly with customer service. If you’re interested in a position at Grand Valley Fortifiers or the GVF group of companies, please scroll to the bottom and click on “Join Our Team” to learn more about current positions that are available.
Founder

Jim Ross
Founder & Friend - 1936-2020
On November 5th, 2020 Jim Ross, our founder and friend passed peacefully from this world into the arms of his Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Jim will be greatly missed by all of us at Grand Valley Fortifiers, the staff at the entire GVF group of companies, and the livestock producers that we have had the privilege of serving.
Jim loved farming and he loved farmers. Through his 60 years of work and leadership he constantly sought ways for farmers to “have a better shake” by helping to improve their performance or find better prices for the goods they produced. Today at GVF that remains our desire and we will do our best to carry forward the mission that Jim founded when he started Grand Valley Feeds in 1960.
Ruminant Specialists
Dairy, Beef & Goat


Mark Bousfield
Dairy Specialist

Art Groenewegen
Ruminant Team Leader

Brian Llewellyn
Dairy & Beef Specialist

Erik Zieleman
Dairy & Poultry Specialist

Tom Bowman
Dairy and Beef Specialist

Stephanie Murphy
Ruminant Specialist

Mike Rutherford
Dairy Specialist

Chris Deklein
Dairy Specialist

Brian Nelson M.Sc.
Dairy & Beef Specialist

Henry Verhoog
Dairy Specialist

Margaret Edwards
Ruminant Specialist

Rienke Kalverboer
Dairy Specialist

Brad Whytock
Dairy & Beef Specialist
Monogastric Specialists
Swine & Poultry


Renee DeBruyn
Swine Support Specialist

Victoria Seip M.Sc.
Livestock Business Intelligence Manager

Paul de Rond
Swine Specialist

Ray Stortz
Swine Specialist

Ron Gunson
Swine Specialist

Ken Vanderheyden
Swine & Poultry Specialist

Aaron Lantz
Monogastric Specialist

Scott Walker
Swine Specialist
Ruminant Nutritionists
Dairy, Beef & Goat


Mark Bowman
Ruminant Nutritionist

Kathleen Shore
Ruminant Nutritionist

Nikki Campbell
Ruminant Nutritionist Consultant

Jeff Keunen
Ruminant Nutritionist

Lisa McGregor
Ruminant Nutritionist
Monogastric Nutritionists
Swine & Poultry


Martin Clunies Ph.D.
Monogastric Nutritionist

Drew Woods
Monogastric Nutritionist

Tanka Khanal Ph.D. DVM
Monogastric Nutritionist

Youngji Rho Ph.D.
Monogastric Nutritionist

Adam Totafurno
Monogastric Nutritionist
Customer Service

Ken Bax
Dispatch Manager

Janet Shepherd
Nutrition Assistant

Lindsay McDonald
Customer Service

Dean Phillips
Dispatcher & CSR
Delivery Team





Maynard DeGraaf
Driving for GVF since 1980
Mike DeGraaf
Driving for GVF since 1994
Ryan Everts
Driving for GVF since 2003
Mark Nieboraczek
Driving for GVF since 2014




Phillip Pugh
Driving for GVF since 2017
Neil Rogers
Driving for GVF since 2022
Dave Van Daalen
Driving for GVF since 2006
Sid VanderMeulen
Driving for GVF since 1990



Bernie Vlietstra
Driving for GVF since 1988
Fred Vlietstra
Driving for GVF since 1986
Patrick Wolf
Driving for GVF since 2016

Maynard DeGraaf
Driving for GVF Since 1980

Phillip Puph
Driving for GVF since 2017

Fred Vlietstra
Driving for GVF since 1986

Mike DeGraaf
Driving for GVF since 1994

Dave Van Daalen
Driving for GVF since 2006

Patrick Wolf
Driving for GVF since 2016

Ryan Everts
Driving for GVF since 2003

Sid VanderMeulen
Driving for GVF since 1990

Mark Nieboraczek
Driving fir GVF since 2014

Bernie Vlietstra
Driving fir GVF since 1988
Senior Management

Ian Ross
President & CEO

Brian Gonder
VP & Chief Operating Officer

David Ross
VP & Chief Marketing Officer

Kevin Weppler
Vice President of Sales

JD D'Elia
VP & Chief Financial Officer

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