The Annual Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Erie Cafe * 536 West Erie Street * Chicago, IL

Guest Speaker: Phillip Seng President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, which is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Mr. Seng has a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in East Asian studies. He speaks fluent Japanese and worked as a journalist in Tokyo in the late 1970s. He also taught in a leading Japanese university and at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He then worked for a leading Japanese firm with extensive international operations and experience in the Japanese market and business community, before joining the USMEF staff in the Tokyo office in 1982. He lived in Japan for more than 10 years. As USMEF's Asian director for six years, Mr. Seng played a central role in opening the Japanese beef market through his involvement in the U.S./Japanese beef negotiations, which culminated in the historic beef liberalization agreement in 1988. As an authority on Japan's complex distribution system, he has worked closely with both industry and government officials in Japan. His marketing strategies and approach to the Japanese market have received critical acclaim in the international business community and served as a case study in the Harvard University Business School, where he has been a guest lecturer on several occasions. In January 1990, Mr. Seng was named President and CEO. In this position, he oversees USMEF operations worldwide, providing direction for USMEF strategies and priorities in international programs, research, technical services, industry relations and global communications. He also serves as the primary spokesman for USMEF and other exporting interests to government and private entities regarding international trade policy and foreign market development issues related to U.S. red meat products.