Harry Merrihew is Vice President of the PREMA Board of Directors and has been the Director for District #1 since 1986. Merrihew is married to Rica LeeAnn and they have two sons and three daughters. They reside 12 miles south of Ashby, Nebraska where they ranch and contract hay.  Harry graduated from high school in Curtis, Nebraska. 

Merrihew is a member of the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Association, President of the Grant County Historical Society, Episcopal Church Board Member, and a member of the Eagles. He has served as a director on the Nebraska REA board, was a school board member for 20 years, served as Chairman of the Brand Committee of the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Association for eight years and as warden of the Episcopal church of Hyannis. His interests include hunting, fishing, flying and most sports.