About Us Board of Directors

Reed was born and raised in Burley, Idaho. He attended Ricks College and BYU for a short time before returning to farm with his father and brother in 1981. In the late 80’s and early nineties, he began understanding the value of whey and whey products. Reed then began marketing whey products to area dairies. In 1999 he built a 1200 sow farm to utilize the whey products and market swine to the roaster hog market in California. Eventually the farm grew to a 4200-sow farm.

Other opportunities later arose to manage various waste streams for different processing facilities. Currently Gibby Group manages the co-products for many food companies throughout the United States.

Reed married Andrea Sagers in 1984. Together, they have raised five children. Reed loves spending time with his children and grandchildren. He is very appreciative to the community and all who have helped Gibby Group in so many ways.

Joe spent the first 20 years of his career with the Hill-Rom Company, Inc., a medical device company based in the State of Indiana. His last position was President of Hill-Rom Europe with manufacturing operations and distribution throughout Western Europe.

He then served as President and CEO of two technology companies – Imagine Learning (the largest digital curriculum provider to K–12 schools in the U.S. and DynaVox Systems (the leading provider of speech communication devices and symbol-adapted special education software). In 2006, DynaVox Systems was recognized as the Life Sciences Company of the Year and Joe as CEO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Technology Council. For several years he served as Vice Chairman and board member of the Utah Technology Council.

Joe and his wife Jolene recently returned from serving as President and Matron of the Concepción Chile Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint having previously served as Mission Leaders in the Chile Concepción South Mission.

Joe is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Gibby Group headquartered in Burley, Idaho. In addition, he serves as a board member for the Academy for Creating Enterprise which teaches people how to start and run businesses currently operating in the Philippines, western Africa, Mexico and most countries in South America.

He received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Brigham Young University.

Skye is the Founder of Root Agricultural Advisory where he manages and grows farmland portfolios throughout the Western USA. Skye is also a FINRA licensed investment banker with Galena Capital where he focuses on food and agriculture opportunities.

He formerly worked as a Senior Vice President for Westchester Group Investment Management, a global farmland asset manager. Prior to Westchester, he was a water rights consultant for WestWater Research, a leading advisory firm in the water rights industry. He is also a licensed real estate broker in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado & Utah, holds Series 63 and 79 licenses through FINRA, and is a graduate of Leadership Idaho Agriculture.

Skye has served or serves on many boards and committees, including the Gibby Group, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), CFA Society of Idaho, Young Investors Society, Boy Scouts of America, BYU Management Society, Farmer to Farmer, and Realtors Land Institute (RLI). He was named the 2022 ASFMRA Farm Manager of the Year and RLI National Broker of the Year (2020 & 2021) for Cropland.

In his spare time, he enjoys teaching and farming. In addition to teaching for the ASFMRA, he consistently teaches economics and personal finance at the university level. Skye grew up on a large organic alfalfa and cow-calf operation and along with his wife, Becca, and their four children, still runs cattle with his parents and helps when he can on the family operation. Skye’s hobbies include church service, snowmobiling, airplanes, and triathlons.

Kelly Anderson retired from banking after serving for 35 years in various assignments. During his banking career he worked with Ag and Agribusiness owners in Idaho, California and Utah and has a passion for helping families create value for themselves and others.

His banking career included: SVP Agribusiness Manager, Director of Commercial banking, and Region President. These functions were with Zions Bancorporation.

Kelly also worked for Farm Credit and Bank of America earlier in his career.

He served on the Idaho Governors economic advisory council for 6 years and has served on other boards.

Kelly received a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, a minor in Food Science and Nutrition, and extra major skill in chemistry from Brigham Young University. He completed a 3-year graduate level management education program from Pacific Coast Banking School in Seattle Washington.

Kelly grew up on a family farming operation, where he learned about hard-work sacrifice and stewardship. He currently lives in Boise and is particularly proud of his wife Leslie and their family.

As a committed wife and mother, Andrea enjoys a range of activities that enrich her life and benefit those around her. She loves outdoor activities such as hiking and biking and has a strong desire to help others. This extends to her cooking, which is always a hit with family and friends.

Andrea is deeply dedicated to her family and is known for throwing great parties. Hard work is a value she learned from her father and is something she has passed on to her children.

Raising her five kids has been a rewarding experience for Andrea. She has taught them the importance of hard work and self-reliance, setting them up well for the future. Andrea is also actively involved and passionate about her service in her church.

Ben graduated from Brigham Young University with a business management degree. During his time at college, he taught Spanish at the Missionary Training Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

His work experience includes crop farming (conventional and organic production), hog production, organic dairy production, beef cattle production, feed milling management, and other agricultural activities.

He currently has the role of farm operations manager for Gibby Group with thousands of acres under management.

Mr. Sayer is the managing partner of Rectify Partners, a management consultancy and turnaround firm located in Boise Idaho. He recently completed a four-year appointment as the Secretary of Commerce for the state of Idaho. During his tenure Mr. Sayer was instrumental in passing key incentive legislation, one of which was responsible for attracting over $2.0 billion in new payroll to the state in its two years.

Prior to his time in politics, Mr. Sayer was the President and Chief Financial Officer of Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls where he played a key role in the turnaround of the facility. What began as a small 20 bed, private hospital, near bankruptcy, is now the 5th largest healthcare system in the state of Idaho.

Mr. Sayer began his career with Ernst & Young in Silicon Valley where he specialized in advising high growth technology companies. Since then he has provided financial and executive leadership for companies ranging from start-ups to over $500 million in sales.

Monte joined Gibby Group in October of 2007 working in the office in account payables and account receivables along with many other office responsibilities. He joined the company in its early stages of expansion and has had an opportunity to grow within the company and play a key role in the support of its growth through the years. In his current role as CEO, Monte enjoys managing and being part of the team that helps make Gibby Group the company it is today.

Monte enjoys continued learning opportunities and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in accounting from Boise State University.

Monte grew up on a dairy farm and spent part of his early career as a farmer and dairyman in south central Idaho. He is married with three kids and three grandkids and enjoys spending time with his family.