Brandi Miller

Brandi Miller is the President and CEO of Kansas Cooperative Council where she develops educational programming, advocates for and promotes the cooperative industry. The Council is the statewide trade association representing all forms of cooperative businesses – agricultural, financial, utility and consumer cooperatives.

Brandi joined the Council in April of 2018 and is passionate about professional development and education. Prior to joining the Co-op Council, Brandi served as the Associate Director of the IGP Institute at Kansas State University. The Institute’s mission was to provide education to increase market preference of U.S. grains and oilseeds. She worked closely with industry to develop and deliver a credentialing distance education program focused on grain safety, storage, and processing. She also has operations experience, having worked for five years for Quaker Oats, in several capacities including operations manager and SAP implementation leader.

She holds an undergraduate degree in Bakery Science and Management from Kansas State University as well as a master’s degree in Adult, Occupational and Continuing Education. Brandi lives with her family in Wamego, Kansas.

Angie Setzer

Angie Setzer has been in the cash grain industry for over 18 years. She has dedicated her career to learning the ins and outs of the cash grain business from both the commercial and the farmer side, working to marry the two, teaching the farmer to manage his grain as an elevator would.

She left the elevator business to launch Consus in 2021. At Consus she not only works with farmers helping take their bushels from concept to cash, she and her partners consult with agribusinesses and other industry members around the world. In addition to actively trading the cash market Angie is a well-known market analyst, having been seen on Bloomberg Television, BBC News, Fox Business, Market to Market, and the Weather Channel. She has also been a featured guest on Bloomberg’s “Oddlots” podcast and well as a regular guest on Forex Analytics Community Experience and Benzinga’s Pre-Market Prep, taking her ag industry knowledge mainstream.

Megan McCann

Megan L. McCann, a native of Cimarron, Kansas, has been practicing law in Dodge City, Kansas since 2010. She focuses her practice in the areas of Estate Planning, Family Business/Small Business Succession Planning, Probate, Trust Administration, Real Estate Transactions, Medicaid, and related matters.

Ms. McCann received her Bachelor of Accounting Degree from Kansas State University in 2006 and her Jurisprudence Degree from Washburn University School of Law in 2008. While at Washburn, she was active as a Law Student Ambassador and a member of the Family Law Quarterly.

Ms. McCann is a member of the Ford-Gray County, Southwest Kansas and Kansas Bar Associations as well as the Oklahoma Bar Association. She is also a member of Wealth Counsel, a national association of estate planning attorneys, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). Ms. McCann is involved in a number of local community and civic activities in addition to being a wife and busy mother of three. She and her family currently reside in Ensign, Kansas.

Lettie McKinney

Fourth generation Southwest Kansas rancher and farmer, Lettie McKinney, is walking an entrepreneurial path like the generations before her. McKinney left southwest Kansas after high school and pursued a degree in animal science from Oklahoma state university. After completion, she then continued her education at Texas Christian University and obtained a degree in Ranch Management. Upon graduation, she returned to the high plains only a little farther south in the Texas panhandle. Mckinney worked for feedyards both in Texas and in Kansas, before home called her name.

McKinney moved home in 2019 and never looked back. She carved a unique niche on their operation by creating MC- Meat Co a direct-to-consumer retail meat business that connects with families and people all over. Educating and inspiring people to ask questions and trust where their food comes from.

In addition to MC- Meat Co, Mckinney owns and operates a wedding venue/ event venue, created by utilizing the resources on the ranch. With an old “Roundtop” turned into a rustic ranch experience. Along with the Roundtop, Mckinney hosts individuals and families on the ranch with a unique AIR BNB experience converted from an old Grain bin.

McKinney is passionate about keeping future generations on the farm and ranch, adding value with resources you already have, and gives a fresh and vibrant outlook on the ag industry as a whole and how much opportunity is available. Lettie is an inspiration for entrepreneurs and new faces of agriculture that are emerging, even if it looks different than what it did before.