The Northeast Dairy Management Conference is focused on growing the leaders of today and tomorrow. In this roundtable of New York dairy industry leaders we share thoughts of recipients of the Dick Popp Memorial Leadership Award, presented by the Northeast Dairy Producers Association (NEDPA) at the conference, and the PRO-DAIRY Agriservice Award, presented at the Great New York State Fair. Featured are John Noble, Maureen Torrey, Dale Van Erden, George Mueller, LouAnne King, David Fisher, Jon Greenwood, and George Allen.