Scenes from Coeur d’Alene

On July 1, 2026, in Industry Events, by Tom Super

The USPOULTRY Board of Directors gathered in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, June 25-27, for their summer board meeting. Thank you, USPOULTRY, for including NCC to help collaborate on initiatives that will continue moving the poultry industry forward. It was business by day and Idaho adventures in between.

Tom Super, NCC SVP of Communications, speaks to the USPOULTRY Board about opportunities for collaboration, generative artificial intelligence and other public affairs and communications issues in the poultry industry

The welcome reception and dinner was held on the front lawn of the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Members and guests watched the World Cup match between USA and Turkey on a screen outside.

The par-3 14th hole at The Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, featuring the first and only floating, movable island green. The 2,200-ton, 15,000-square-foot island uses an underwater cable system to change position daily. Source: The Coeur d’Alene Resort

The ferry ride to the 14th green. L-R: Thomas Super; Tom Super, NCC; Brian Roberts, Case Farms; West Roberts. We won’t say who hit the green and who didn’t.

Celebrating America’s 250th

The closing reception & dinner was a lake cruise aboard the Mish-an-Nock. NCC members gathered for a photo. L-R: Mikell Fries, Claxton; Joel Sappenfield, Simmons; John Wright, Fieldale; Bernard Leonard, Tyson (retired) and former NCC Chair; Tom Super, NCC; Kevin McDaniel, Wayne-Sanderson and current NCC Vice Chair; Tim Stiller, Foster Farms; Bill Griffith, Peco and NCC Immediate Past Chair; Brian Roberts, Case; and Monty Henderson, George’s (retired)