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Left to Right: Member Norm Luba; First Vice President Dr. Jim Heird; President Ralph Seekins; Second Vice President Stan Weaver; Member Butch Wise
than 1,500 foals with AQHA during that time. Weaver and his wife, Nancy, began a Quarter
Horse production sale in 1996 under Weaver Quarter Horses. Through the production sale, horses from the Weaver Ranch have sold to
all 50 states, seven Canadian provinces, South Africa, Australia, Germany and Mexico. Weaver has shown his own horses in cutting, reined
cow horse and working cow horse. Weaver is involved with the Montana Quarter Horse Asso- ciation (past president), Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame, Montana Land & Mineral Owners Association, National Cattleman’s Beef Associa- tion, Montana Stockgrowers and the Chouteau County Livestock Protection Association.
Weaver has owned and operated Weaver Cattle Co., a cattle and farming enterprise in North Central Montana for the past 40 years. He also owns and operates Weaver Order Buying,
a cattle brokerage firm. Stan and Nancy raised three children on the ranch. All three children and their families continue to work on the ranch, but have also expanded their own ranching and farm- ing interests in the area. KellyAnne and husband Casey Terry have two children, Wyatt and Avery, and live in Lewistown, Montana; David Weaver and wife Stacey live in Bozeman, Montana, with their two children, Hailey and Wesley; and Daniel Weaver, who also lives in Big Sandy, is engaged to Dr. Danielle Lindland. The Weavers received the 1997 Montana Quarter Horse Association Ranch of the Year Award, and Weaver Cattle Co. was recognized as the 2014 Montana State University Family Business of the Year in the business cat- egory for operations in existence at least 50 years.
MEMBER BUTCH WISE
Butch Wise of El Reno, Oklahoma, was named an honorary AQHA vice president in 2015. He was an AQHA director from 2001 to 2015.
He currently serves as the Executive Com- mittee representative on the racing council. Wise is a former member of the studbook and registration, nominations and creden- tials, and racing committees, and the racing council. He was the chairman of the Hall of Fame committee from 2013 to 2015 and also served as chairman of the racing council. In 2014, he was a member of the AQHA Gover- nance Task Force.
In 2004, Wise received the Oklahoma State University Animal Science School Graduate of Distinction award, and in 2007, he received the AQHA Racing Council Special Recogni- tion Award.
He is a member of the Oklahoma Quar- ter Horse and Florida Quarter Horse rac- ing associations. Wise owns Stone Chase Stables LLC and is the bloodstock agent and president of Wise Sales Co. Inc. His former career experience includes employment with AQHA, Ridgeleigh Farms Inc., Mel Hatley Farms and Cox Manufacturing. He is cur- rently the manager of the Lazy E Ranch LLC in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Butch and his wife, Nancy, have two sons and two daughters. Their sons are Clay and Parker Wise, and daughters are Mallory Wise and Ashlie Blair. Blair and her husband, Shawn, have two children, Derek and Lacie.
MEMBER NORM LUBA
Norm Luba of Louisville, Kentucky, has been an AQHA life member since 1995 and an AQHA director since 2011. He has served on the AQHA Stud Book and Registration Com- mittee for the past three years. Luba has served on the AQHA Public Policy Committee and the affiliate council.
Luba graduated with his master’s degree in reproductive physiology from the University of Maryland. The former executive director of the Kentucky Horse Council is currently the execu- tive director of the North American Equine Ranching Information Council, president of the Equine Breeding Research and Development Council, and the treasurer of the Animal Wel- fare Council Inc.
He is the recipient of the Don Henneke Ed- ucation Impact Award and the American Youth Horse Council Distinguished Service Award.
Luba is an avid competitor with numer-
ous qualifications in trail for the AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Ad- equan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), and the Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show, as well as a Superior trail horse achieve- ment. He is a member of the National Snaffle Bit Association, Equine Science Society, Ken- tucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club and the Kentucky Quarter Horse Association, where he also served as president.
Norm and his wife, Dr. Lorraine Luba, a veterinarian, have two sons – Christopher and Colin, a former AQHYA president who is mar- ried to Catherine.
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