Episode # 14 William Phipps ADSBS Candidate

William Phipps I’m honored to be nominated for the Board of Directors. My wife, Robina, and I operate Centre Del Farm LLC with our children, Sydney and Liam. We currently run 60 head of Fullblood Dorper brood ewes/embryo recipients along the DE/PA line. I grew up on a dairy farm where we milked 60-70 Registered Holsteins. I graduated from Penn State with a B.S. in Dairy and Animal Science and was a member of their Dairy Judging Team. Shortly after graduation my father passed away and we sold most of our property in Delaware to pay the estate tax. Dismayed by our tax situation, I returned to school and earned a B.S. in Accounting. I spent a couple years in public accounting auditing not-for-profit organizations, pursued a master’s degree in taxation, and eventually went to work in corporate America. Today I’m a CPA, the Director of Tax Compliance for a large investment company and serve on our board of directors for the local Farm Bureau. We started with Dorpers in 2013 as 4-H projects for our children. We wanted to give them some of the same experiences we had growing up. We could have bought them nice market lambs and won some shows; but we wanted the kids to learn something more. I wanted them to learn how to evaluate an animal and improve a flock. It’s been an education for all of us and we have all learned so much on this journey. In short, we started our journey to better our children, but we fell in love with the breed along the way. I hope my business experience and passions for the breed will benefit the ADSBS members and I’d appreciate your support. If elected I will do my best to advocate for the breed and all our members. www.Dorpersheep. org www.Nationalagco.com