Susan Orth – BDC Off-Campus Advisor
Susan Orth is honored to serve Badger Dairy Club as the off-campus advisor. She grew up on her family's dairy and livestock farm in southwest Wisconsin and graduated from UW-Madison in 2006 with a double major in Animal Science and Life Sciences Communication. Along with involvement with BDC and many other organizations on campus, Susan had the opportunity to intern with Wisconsin State Fair, Bader Rutter and Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW), and serve as Wisconsin Fairest of the Fairs. After graduation, she served as the communications specialist with PDPW for two years before joining the Expo team. Today Susan serves as the sales specialist for World Dairy Expo and the Dane County Fair. Susan is also on the Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board and co-chairs the programming committee for the Association of Women in Agriculture. She appreciates the opportunity to serve BDC and is most excited about working with each of the students and watching the organization continue to grow.
Liz Matzke – BDC Off-Campus Advisor
Liz Matzke is excited to be involved with the Badger Dairy Club once again. Originally from a dairy and swine farm in Monroe, Liz is a 2005 graduate of UW-Madison having majored in Dairy Science and Life Sciences Communication. In addition to being part of BDC on campus, she was also involved with the Association of Women in Agriculture, Sigma Alpha, Collegiate FFA, National Agri-Marketing Association and American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Liz currently works as the Marketing Manager for World Dairy Expo. Her duties including coordinating the Expo Seminars and Virtual Farm Tours, working with international attendees, the website and numerous design projects. She credits BDC and the numerous hours spent working at World Dairy Expo with helping her become a part of the Expo team in the Fall of 2005. Liz looks forward to working with students through Expo and as they become a part of the dairy industry.
Randy Shaver
- BDC On-Campus Advisor
Professor Randy Shaver was born and raised on a western Pennsylvania dairy farm. He has been on the faculty in Dairy Science since 1988 with a 75% Extension - 25% Research appointment. Randy completed a B.S. degree in Dairy Science at Penn State University, a M.S. degree in Animal Science at the University of Maryland, and in 1986 a Ph.D. degree in Dairy Science at UW-Madison. He spent 1986-88 working in industry.
His extension and research programs focus on applied nutrition of lactating dairy cattle. Randy has authored or co-authored over 65 peer-review journal publications and 110 scientific abstracts. Additionally, he has been an invited speaker for dairy producer and feed industry audiences in Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Columbia , Denmark , Germany , Japan , Italy , Korea , Mexico , and nine provinces in Canada .
Randy has received the following awards: ADSA Pioneer Hi-Bred Forage Award, ADSA DeLaval Dairy Extension Award, ADSA Nutrition Professionals Applied Dairy Nutrition Award, Midwest ADSA/ASAS Outstanding Young Extension Specialist Award, CALS Pound Extension Excellence Award, Wisconsin County Agents Association Second Mile Award, Wisconsin Forage Council Educator of the Year and Outstanding Researcher Awards, and UW Madison Friend of Agronomy Department Award.
He is a member of the American Dairy Science Association and American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists having served as President of ARPAS in 2009-2010. Randy has served on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Dairy Science and the Journal of Animal Feed Science & Technology.
Randy is honored to serve as the On-Campus Advisor for the Badger Dairy Club. Although he does not hold a formal teaching appointment, Randy teaches a 2-week feeding management module in Dairy Science 433, teaches the vitamins section in a graduate student Ruminology course, taught Dairy Science 414 for a semester, and advises graduate and undergraduate students.
Randy is married to Sharon Brantmeier, who served as BDC President while an undergraduate and who remains actively involved in AWA. They reside in Cottage Grove with their teenage daughters Allison and Elizabeth.
