Kevin Wendt, CEO of the corporation, is a nationally known purebred livestock auctioneer with over 20 years experience. Visit www.thewendtgroup.com for more information. A graduate of The Ohio State University, Wendt has extensive experience in genetics, sales, marketing, business management, real estate, advertising, public relations. Wendt graduated from the Reppert School of Auctioneering in 1986, and is licensed and bonded and actively working in 21 states.

Wendt is known throughout the nation as a premier purebred livestock auctioneer, conducting more than 125 nationwide auctions each year, and the national auctioneer for the National Swine Registry. He is also a Broker/Auctioneer specializing in Agricultural Real Estate and Equipment Auctions, where he has conducted more than 2000 auctions since 1986.

Kevin & his wife also own and operate the world’s largest web advertising company catering to the show pig industry and its producers. Click here to visit showpig.com.

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Megan L. Wendt is a 1999 graduate of The Ohio State University majoring in history. She is manager of the Livestock Marketing and Web Site arms of The Wendt Group, Inc.

She also handles all advertising, marketing and photography for the company and handles the computer clerking programs.

Megan serves as Project Director for the School of Urban Studies. She oversees a youth program that includes grade school, middle school, high school, and college young adult programs and service learning projects.

She is currently a member of the Joshua Team which is a national Christian Youth Leadership Council comprised of 12 individuals throughout the county dedicated to Christian youth education, discipleship, leadership, and missions.

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Katey Brattain of Greencastle, Ind., has been hired as the executive director of marketing and auction manager for The Wendt Group Inc. In this position, Brattain will be managing the online auctions for showpig.com and etcow.com including technical support, auction administration, consignor and customer relations, and data and photo upload and entry. She will also serve as a customer service representative for The Wendt Group, Inc. online sales and advertising.

Prior to this role, she worked at the National Swine Registry as the NSR Junior Activities Coordinator. Brattain organized and carried out all NJSA regional shows and the National Barrow Show® Junior Barrow Classic; and co-managed the World Pork Expo Junior National and the National Junior Summer Spectacular. She also processed show entries and conference applications; oversaw the Mentors Value People program and NJSA promotions at the National FFA Convention; and worked closely with the NJSA interns and NJSA boards of directors.

Also at the NSR, she worked as the NSR Yorkshire secretary and has performed the duties of NJSA program assistant and NJSA board of directors president.

Brattain earned a bachelor's degree in animal agribusiness from Purdue University in May 2007. She has exhibited her leadership qualities in various swine-related activities throughout high school and college. In addition to assisting in her family's purebred swine operation, Brattain served as NJSA president and on the Indiana Junior Swine Circuit Board of Directors. She also was a member of the Purdue University Agricultural Council and was secretary of the Alpha Zeta Honorary Fraternity while maintaining Dean’s List honors and ranking in the top 10% of her graduating class at Purdue.

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Ernie Moyer serves as Web Coordinator, Sales & Customer Service for ETCOW.COM. Ernie was raised on a farm in Preble County, Ohio where he gained experience in working with dairy and beef cattle and farrow to finish swine operations. Upon graduation from high school, he began a 25 year career in the printing trade and followed with a 13 year career in sales, first as an Agent Representative with the Xerox Corporation and most recently as a Sales & Customer Service Representative for the Casad Company, one of the nation's largest internet-based providers of imprinted promotional Items.

Ernie has been with The Wendt Group, Inc., since September of 2006 and serves as the Web Coordinator assisting clients with their internet advertising projects. He also performs additional duties as a Sales and Customer Service Representative.

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Kim West serves as web designer and communications consultant for ETCow.com. She is the owner of Kwest Communications, a graphic design and web site design business located near Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Agriculture Communication. She served as Director of Communications for the Ohio Pork Producers Council for five years before beginning her freelance services.

A few of her print and web clients include Etcow.com, Showpig.com, The Wendt Group, Ohio Department of Agriculture, PrimeTIME Agrimarketing, Ohio Livestock Environmental Assurance Program, and International Truck and Engine Corporation.

Kim brings a solid agricultural background to her customers. She grew up on a farrow-to-finish swine operation, raised horses and exhibited market steers in 4-H. She currently resides with her husband, Jim, and their two children, Cameron and Zach, in Blanchester, Ohio.