Ua hoʻokipa aku nei ka National Potato Council iā Ethan Keller e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻonohonoho papahana o ka hui. Kākoʻo ka mea i puka hou ma ke Kulanui o Ohio State i ka hoʻokō a me ka hoʻokō ʻana o nā papahana NPC e komo a hoʻomaopopo i kona lālā. "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hui ʻana o Ethan i kā mākou hui," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo CEO NPC ʻo Kam Quarles. "ʻO kāna hana mahiʻai a me kāna ʻike i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka papahana e lilo ia i pōmaikaʻi nui loa i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kā mākou mea ulu a me nā hoa hana ʻoihana pili e kū no nā ʻuala ma Capitol Hill."
Ua hana mua ʻo Keller me ka ʻAhahui Cattlemen's ʻoihana a me ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Ohio, kahi i kōkua ai ʻo ia e hoʻohui i nā hana a me nā kamaʻilio a nā mea hana. Hoʻohui pū, hana pū ʻo ia me nā mea hana e hōʻoia i ka lawelawe ʻia ʻana o kā lākou pono loa e ka hui a kū ma waena o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Ohio.
Ma ke ʻano he kahu aʻoaʻo papahana, e kōkua ʻo Keller i ka manao a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā papahana e hoʻomaopopo a komo i ka lālā. Kākoʻo pū ʻo ia i ke alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻUala, ka Hoʻomohala, a me ka Advance Foundation (Potato LEAF) ma o nā ʻano hana like ʻole, nā hālāwai, a me nā papahana. Hoʻohui hou, kōkua nui ʻo ia i ka ʻaha kūkā makahiki o ka hui, nā polokalamu lālā, nā hālāwai, nā paʻi paʻi ʻoihana, ka noho aupuni ʻana, nā kulekele lehulehu, a me nā hana.