Vince Sitzmann, Chief of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Field Services Bureau and Prairie City resident, was recently named to the 2012 Iowa Corn Leadership Enhancement And Development class, which consists of current farmers, agribusiness and governmental emerging leaders from across the state.

The 2012 I-LEAD class, the sixth class since the program began in 2002, met for the first time at the Iowa Corn office on Nov. 8 and 9.

“The number of highly qualified applicants was outstanding,” said Bob Hemesath, an ICGA farmer director and chair of the committee that oversees the program, in a press release.  “This class represents the top future leaders that exist here in Iowa and I am looking forward to being a part of their two-year leadership adventure.”