The 2024 recipients of the Lamplighter Award were announced during the IPPE.  They are:

• Mike Giles, president of the Georgia Poultry Federation since 2009

• Sherman Miller, president and CEO of Cal-Maine Foods.  He has served this company since 1996 in positions of increasing responsibility.  Sherman has devoted considerable time to the industry including the United Egg Producers, USPOULTRY, Mississippi State University and others.

• Dr. Ken Opengart, Vice president for Animal Welfare and International Sustainability for Tyson Foods.  He was previously Vice-president of Global Sustainability and Animal Welfare for Keystone Foods.  He has gained experience with Eli Lilly, Elanco Animal Health and Seaboard Farms.

• Dr. David Swayne recently retired as Director of the USDA-ARS Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory.  He is a world leader in the pathobiology of avian diseases with a concentration on avian influenza and with a comprehensive publication record.  He serves on the steering committee of OFFLU, the FAO Animal Influenza Network.

• Barbara Jenkins serves as Vice-president of educational programs since 2011 and an executive director of the USPOULTRY Foundation since 2018.  She joined USPOULTRY in 2000.

The U.S. poultry industry has benefitted materially from the contribution of these recipients of the Lamplighter Award