2026 Agfinity Cooperative Annual Membership Meeting Details
Meet Our 2026 Director Candidates
District II Candidate
For over 100 years, the Bernhardt Family has worked and farmed in the Colorado agriculture community. Since 1920, the Bernhardt’s have owned and operated a dairy cow business in Milliken, CO. Today, Tim and his brother David run a great partnership with over 1100 milk cows and 1100 young steers and heifers. Tim and his wife Mena have two daughters, Miranda and Abbey.
Tim received his Master of Science degree from Colorado State University in Animal Science -Dairy Herd Management. With this educational background, Tim has been active in the agricultural community since he was a young boy. Through the years his on the farm expertise and educational prowess has led him to be part of the Agfinity Board of Directors, which he has served on since 2001.
Tim has also continued his passion for learning by attending many trainings session with CHS, Colorado Cooperative Council, CoBank and most recently completing the Gettysburg Experience.
Tim has participated actively on many other boards through the years, including 7 Lakes Reservoir Company, DairyMax, National Dairy Board, Dairy Farmers of America Mountain Area Council, Windsor Community Playhouse, as well as a member of the Presidents Ag Advisory Committee at CSU.
Along with Tim’s lifelong devotion to Agriculture, he also spends time with his family participating in the local community theater in Windsor as well as traveling with Mena. They are avid Colorado sports fans finding time to root for the Broncos, Avalanche, Nuggets and Rockies as well as their alma mater, the CSU Rams.
Tim believes in the cooperative system and wants to continue to push Agfinity’s progressive vision into the future. He has been involved for 25 years and wants to continue his involvement to see the opportunities of the cooperative realized in future years to come. Agriculture is facing challenging times but with strong, forward-thinking leadership Agfinity will continue to press forward and provide the customer service, products, and experience that it has become known for throughout Colorado.
At-Large Candidate
Ashley and her husband, Steve, operate a first-generation dairy in Kersey, Colorado, where they milk 1100 head, primarily registered Holsteins, and raise all their own replacement heifers. They own a limited amount of farmland and custom hire the farming operations. Although Ashley did not grow up in the dairy industry, she built a career in thoroughbred horse racing as a licensed trainer before meeting Steve and discovering her passion for dairy farming. Today, she combines her hands-on experience in the dairy industry with a strong commitment to leadership and service.
Ashley is actively involved in several dairy industry organizations. She is an alumna of the Holstein Foundation’s Young Dairy Leader
Institute and has participated in the Dairy Management Inc. Farmer Advisory Council and the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) Young Cooperator Program. She currently serves as a DFA delegate on Corporate Resolutions and as a director for Dairy MAX, the regional dairy checkoff organization, where she holds the office of Secretary. Through her service with Dairy MAX, she was also elected to serve as a director of the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA). After serving for several years as an Agfinity Associate Director, Ashley joined the Agfinity Board of Directors in 2024, continuing her commitment to agricultural leadership and cooperative governance.
Outside of dairy farming and her industry leadership responsibilities, Ashley and her family enjoy hiking, exploring historic sites and destinations, and supporting their children in athletics. She and Steve have three children, two of whom are still in school and one who has grown, and left home.