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Melissa Halpin has been a dedicated member of Hertz Farm Management since February 2015, working out of the Kankakee office. Specializing in appraising agricultural real estate, Melissa brings a wealth of expertise and experience to her role. In addition to her appraisal work, she holds a real estate broker's license in both Illinois and Indiana.

Melissa's passion for agriculture is deeply rooted in her upbringing on a registered Holstein dairy farm in east central Illinois. This background has given her a profound understanding and appreciation of the agricultural industry. She pursued her education at the University of Illinois, earning a bachelor's degree in Agribusiness, Farm, and Financial Management.

In recognition of her professional excellence, Melissa has received the prestigious Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA) designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, which is the highest professional accreditation in the industry.

Outside of her professional life, Melissa enjoys helping her sons show dairy cattle and spending time outdoors. She resides in Sheldon, IL, where she continues to nurture her love for agriculture and her community.

Kyle joined Hertz Farm Management/ Hertz Real Estate Services in November 2007 as a real estate agent, expanding the Nevada, Iowa office in agricultural real estate sales and farm brokerage. He became an auctioneer in 2009, is a member of the REALTORS® Land Institute (RLI) since 2008 and received his Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) designation in 2011. Kyle received his Broker’s license in 2016 for the State of Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Kyle has served on the Board of Directors for National REALTORS® Land Institute. He received the Land REALTOR of America Award in 2022 from REALTORS Land Institute. Kyle served as their National President in 2020. 

He was the President of the Iowa Chapter of REALTORS® Land Institute during the 2012-2013 year. Kyle received the Land Broker of the Year for the Iowa RLI Chapter in 2013 and was the Chairman and Spokesman for the Iowa RLI Land Trends and Value committee from 2011 to 2017. The Iowa RLI Land Trends and Value committee conducts a land trend survey twice a year, releasing results to the media in March and September. 

Kyle received the National REALTORS Land Institute’s Land Rising Star Award in 2014 and has served on the Future Leaders Committee for National RLI and has been the chairman in 2015 and 2016.

Kyle's history as a crop scout, an agronomist and an agricultural lender, enables him to combine his knowledge of the land and lending to assist investment clients and farmers in acquisitions, marketing and liquidation of land.

Rachelle Heller joined Hertz Farm Management in December 2016 as a Real Estate Salesperson at the companies Washington, Iowa office. Prior to working with Hertz, Rachelle was a Land Specialist with Whitetail Properties Real Estate in Eastern Iowa. 

Rachelle is an active member of the Iowa and National Association of Realtors and the National Realtors Land Institute. She received her Master’s Degree in Organizational Development from Canisius College in 2005.

Rachelle grew up on a dairy farm in Upstate New York. She and her husband, Rick, reside in Iowa City with their daughter, Vivienne. Rachelle enjoys the outdoors, hunting, and has a small recreational farm in SE Iowa. 

Scott Henrichsen joined the Omaha office of Hertz Farm Management in June 2013. He is a professional farm manager and licensed real estate broker in Nebraska. 

Scott attended Morningside College in Sioux City, IA, graduating with a degree in Agri-Business. He is a member of the nationally accredited American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, as well as the Omaha Agri-Business Club. Also, Scott is an active donor to the University of Nebraska.

Raised in northwest Iowa, Scott is a fourth generation farm family member. He owns farmland in Ida and Woodbury Counties in western Iowa. He has been married for 20 years and has three daughters.

Doug Hensley joined the company as President of Real Estate Services on June 1, 2017. Hensley was previously the owner, president and managing broker of Gorsuch-Hensley Real Estate & Auction, Inc.

Prior to forming Gorsuch-Hensley in 2010, he spent twelve years as a managing broker with The Loranda Group, Inc., a regional farmland brokerage and auction firm. Hensley has actively served the agricultural marketplace since his graduation from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in agricultural economics and a Master of Business Administration.

As part of his work in real estate, Hensley taught seminars on land ownership, agricultural finance, real estate sales, auction law and small business dynamics. In addition, he wrote and taught continuing education courses for both real estate and auction professionals in Illinois.

“Hensley’s values mesh well with Hertz Farm Management’s mission of positively impacting people’s lives, helping families with generational transfer of land and providing the best possible real estate experience. His leadership will continue and build on our legacy of great service,” said Randy Hertz, CEO/Chairman of Hertz Farm Management.

Hensley comes from a background of knowing what it’s like to live and work on a farm, as he was raised on a cash grain and livestock farm in western Illinois. He and his wife Stacey, along with daughters Mary and Grace, live in Nevada, IA.

Chad is the third generation of accredited farm managers in the Hertz family. Today Chad is a shareholder along with Tom Hertz and Randy Hertz.

His father Joel was an accredited farm manager, rural appraiser and ag consultant working with Hertz Farm Management for over 50 years. Joel was the oldest of Carl and Marjory’s six children. Joel opened the Mt. Vernon, Iowa office in 1960 and the Monticello, Illinois office in 1980.

During Chad’s 30 years at Hertz Farm Management, he served as a professional farm manager and licensed real estate agent, advised ag technology and precision agriculture, lead technology implementation and change management efforts and advises the company’s stewardship team and environmental asset management efforts. He serves as Chief Operating Officer.

Chad is an active member of several professional and local organizations including the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) serving as the Iowa Chapter president and various national and state committees. Today Chad serves on the Iowa FFA Foundation Board and The Nature Conservancy’s 4R plus Non-Operating Landowner working group. He has also participated in the Global AgTech Alliance Vision Conference.

He is interested and involved with soil health initiatives and conservation efforts, the Ag Startup Engine, and leadership development. For fun he plays disc golf and throws hatchets.

Chad graduated from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture with a degree in Agronomy and a Master of Science degree in Ag Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

He lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa with his wife Heidi. They have four children and one black cat.

Randy has over forty years experience as a farmland professional in farmland brokerage, farm management, and valuation.

He is a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, the Iowa and American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Iowa and National REALTORS® Land Institute, serving as National President in 2006. Randy is also a member of the Iowa Farm Multiple Listing Service, Central Iowa Board of REALTORS®, and Financial Planners Association. He has been recognized with the prestigious award of the Iowa Farm and Land Broker of the Year in 1991 and Land REALTOR® of America in 2010, and numerous REALTORS® awards and recognitions. Randy is a senior instructor for the REALTORS® Land Institute teaching courses in Land Brokerage, AgLand Brokerage, and Land Investment Analysis

Randy has served as President for several community activities including the Nevada Rotary Club, Nevada Economic Development Council and the United Way of Story County. He has served on numerous committees of the Nevada United Methodist Church. Randy and his wife Liz have three daughters.