FS PARTNERS employees all gather together for one day to learn more about the GROWMARK System

On June 23, FS PARTNERS held an all-employee meeting as a way to introduce its plans and strategic direction going forward.

Jaye Atkins, FS PARTNERS general manager emceed the one-day event and introduced each of the six GROWMARK executives that flew up from Bloomington for the day.

Dennis Farmer, senior vice president, member services & retail, led the group of speakers by providing an overview of GROWMARK operations. Shelly Kruse, vice president, Midwest retail & acquisitions, gave an update on the new developments in the co-op structure of FS PARTNERS and how it will benefit the farmer-customer.

The 175 FS PARTNERS employees who attended also heard presentations from Jeff Solberg, senior vice president of finance, Bill Erlenbush, executive director of corporate compliance, Linda Witmer, human resource & compliance manager (Ontario), Becky Ropp, manager, Career Development, and Jim Hoyt, vice president, strategic planning & corporate services, who has led the strategic planning process for FS PARTNERS for the past several months.

The last speaker of the day was Jaye Atkins who defined the new strategic plan for FS PARTNERS and unveiled its new mission and vision statements among the many marketing and business initiatives it will tackle in the coming months.

FS PARTNERS Mission:

To serve as your leading resource for innovative solutions.

FS PARTNERS Vision:

To be the trusted long-term leader in our business.

Shelly Kruse of GROWMARK awards Scott McKay of FS PARTNERS Harmony branch with $20 cash when he was the first in the audience to recite the new Mission statement for FS PARTNERS