Tim Schwab
2023 NCBA Policy Division Vice Chair
Tim Schwab has always been a cattle producer. His first job was as a herdsman at the Flying Dutchman Ranch in Pella, Iowa, where he worked for eight years and helped build the herd. In 1995, he moved closer to home in Ohio and began a career with Kopp Land and Livestock in Batesville, Indiana. Along with expanding the cow-calf herd, he supported their backgrounding operation. In 2009, he took over as farm manager for Kopp Land and Livestock.
He has served as the Region I Policy Vice President from 2020-2022 and been actively involved with the Indiana Beef Cattle Association since 2001. He is a past membership chairman, and he served as president of IBCA in 2017. He has been actively involved with the Franklin County Cattlemen Association for more than 25 years, serving as president and helping organize the first Ag Day.
Schwab and his wife Karen have been married for 33 years, and they have three grown children, Amanda, Jacob and Ryan and one grandchild, Evelynn.
