SALT International Country Directors
Operations Manager
Alan and Janet Bemo
8 years experience in soybean production, purchasing, storage, handling, processing, and marketing
Completed "Soybean Processing & Utilization Course," Intsoy, Champagne, Illinois
Setting up and training people to operate production machinery
Personnel management, solving interpersonal problems, staff development and training
Setting up best practices and operating procedures, problem-solving
Business documentation, record keeping, and government permits
Experience working directly with Southeast Asian governments (Taiwan, Thailand, Laos)
Fluent in three Asian languages - Mandarin, Thai and Lao
Over 35 years of field experience working in Taiwan, Thailand and Laos
General Manager
Tom and Kathy Love
BS in Agriculture, University of Missouri, minors in Agricultural Economics and Agronomy
28 years experience working in SE Asia
Fluent in three Asian languages - Mandarin, Thai and Lao
Nearly 25 years working in the field of rural development
15 years experience in NGO management (five years in Laos)
7 years in managing large-scale disaster relief projects (Food for the Hungry International)
Agronomist
Kirby and Rebecca Rogers
BA in Agronomy-Crop Production, Kansas State University
MA in Microbiology-Nutrient Cycling, Kansas State University
Instructor, Allahabad Agricultural Institute of Natural Sciences in Allahabad, India
Consultant, U.S. Environment Protection Agency
Eight years in northern Laos, introducing soybean production
Developed procurement program of raw materials for NPI either by introducing production or purchasing from an established market
Fluent in Lao
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