Board & Staff

2024 OWGL Executive Team

Wade Bingaman

President

Erin Hansell Heideman

Vice President

Thad Eakin

Secretary/Treasurer

Collin Crocker

Past President

County Presidents

Wade Bingaman, Baker/Union
Kyle Bender, Central Oregon
Deacon Heideman, Gilliam County
Rodney Cheyne, Klamath County
Kevin Corn, Malheur County
Jake Lindsay, Morrow County
Thomas Bernards, N. Willamette Valley
Josh Macnab, Sherman County
Mike Schrock, S. Willamette Valley
Emery Gentry, Umatilla County
Kurt Melville, Wallowa County
Josh Duling, Wasco County

Amanda Hoey, CEO

Amanda is the Chief Executive Officer for the Oregon Wheat Commission (state commodity commission) and the Oregon Wheat Growers League (private growers association). She represents Oregon's wheat industry in local, state, national and international arenas.

Amanda previously served as the Executive Director for Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, a bi-state regional economic development entity supporting the Columbia Gorge region of Oregon and Washington. She graduated from Whitman College with a Degree in Economics. She was raised and lives on a dryland wheat farm.

Jason Flowers

Program Director
Email Jason
541-276-7330

Jason Flowers joined the Oregon Wheat Growers League in 2022. He was born and raised on a hay, grain and cattle farm in the Klamath Basin. That is where he ran his own grain and cattle operation and eventually took over management of his family’s operation. He has spent over twenty years actively advocating for the needs of agriculture producers at the county, state and national levels.

Natalia Simpson

Administrative Assistant and Membership Coordinator
Email Natalia
541-276-7330

Natalia Simpson joined the Oregon Wheat Growers League in 2024. At OWGL, Natalia focuses on membership duties and managing daily functions of the OWGL office. Prior to joining the League, she worked for eight years with Wells Fargo, most recently as an Executive Office Case Specialist. When joining the League, she returned to her hometown: Pendleton, OR.