Jon Bebermeyer

Jon Bebermeyer of Kansas City, Missouri is a recipient of the Dairy Leadership Award. Jon is currently the Chief Operating Officer for the Central Area of Dairy Farmers of America. His dad’s family has two fourth-generation farms outside of Abilene, Kansas. Jon was raised in Wichita, Kansas, graduating from Wichita South High School in 1979. He then attended Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, pursuing an AAS in Purchasing in the School of Business.

After school, Jon started his 13-year career with the Kroger Company in Houston, Texas. While with the Kroger Company, he also worked in their Fort Worth, Texas and Hutchinson, Kansas plants. He then worked for Roberts Dairy Company as a Division Manager and then after a merger with Hiland Dairy Company, went on to work in sales for them. In 2012, Jon joined Dairy Farmers of America, starting as a Director of Operations of the Southeast Area in Knoxville, Tennessee. After seven years, Jon was offered the chance to move back to Kansas City to become the Chief Operating Officer for the Central Area of DFA. With DFA, he has been involved in raw milk marketing for over 2,000 dairy farm families across the Midwest and Southeast U.S. (21 states).

Jon has served as the Past President of Missouri Dairy Products Association, is a current MDPA Board member, and a Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors Trustee as well.

Jon and his wife Jane have two children, Jeff and his wife Amy of Kansas City, Missouri, and Jamie Griggs and her husband Brett of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They also have three grandchildren, Violet and Miles Bebermeyer, and Elijah Griggs.