ABW Day
Sponsored by the ABWA Des Moines Area Council
Join us Thursday, September 23, 2021
as we celebrate the women of ABWA!
Use this time to connect, network, and check out the amazing items for silent auction!
Grab your boxed dinner and find a seat, let's celebrate together!
Miriam Erickson Brown has spent over three decades working in the family business,
Anderson Erickson Dairy (AE Dairy). Her first job at AE was working on Saturdays during
high school taking store orders over the phone. Miriam graduated from Wheaton
College, in Wheaton, Illinois, and after a brief stint in an entry level position at a
publishing house in the suburbs of Chicago, she joined AE as a marketing specialist. For
the next few decades, she worked on and held various marketing, sales, distribution
and management positions until she was named President and CEO in 2006.
Early in her career, Miriam made it a goal to immerse herself in all things “dairy”
and deepen her leadership skills. This conscious commitment involved a long history of
serving on and leading dairy industry boards where she could be a voice for the smaller
independent dairies, like AE, and learn from the best industry leaders. She was
selected by the Secretary of Agriculture to join the GOT MILK? board where she has
served for 25 years in a variety of leadership positions. Miriam also led
the: International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and Milk Industry
Foundation Board as Chair. In 2007, she was the recipient of IDFA’s Soaring Eagle
Award for extraordinary service in the dairy industry.
Miriam is also committed to giving back to her community and has been active on
many boards including: Keep Iowa Beautiful, Youth Homes of Mid America and
the Greater Des Moines Partnership. More recently, she was honored with the
Leadership Legacy Award from the Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Women
Business Owners (NAWBO) .
Miriam enjoys speaking about the health benefits of milk as well as creating (and of
course, tasting new AE yogurt flavors). She and her husband, Gary, live in Urbandale
with their two golden retrievers, Audrey and Sunny
ABWA MEMBER ONLY OPTION$30
ABWA MEMBER ONLY OPTION$10
Includes *One ticket to ABW Day*One vendor table to display your company information and goods*Company information displayed on screen before event and after speakers
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