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Prominent Former Members Prominent Former Members AGRICULTURE “There are two things that make goose bumps go up and down my back: one is Old Glory flying over the nation’s capitol when I walk by it at night, and the other is when I see FFA members in their blue jackets. I get an emotional feeling because FFA lifted me out of the depths of poverty and personal problems to the halls of Congress.” – Wes Watkins, former U.S. congressman from Oklahoma and former president of the Oklahoma FFA Association Adin A. Hester President, Olive Growers Oregon ‒ Former national FFA Council of California president (1958‒59) Stephen Kautz President, Ironstone Lodi, California ‒ Tokay High Vineyards, Murphys, California School FFA Chapter Tim Kimura Professional trail course California – Reedley FFA designer, trail horse clinician Chapter and instructor Jack Laurie Former president, Michigan Cass City, Michigan Farm Bureau Tom McKittrick Former general manager, Kickapoo, Wisconsin ‒ Former World Dairy Expo state FFA secretary and state FFA president Orion Samuelson Agribusiness director, WGN Ontario, Wisconsin Radio; reporter, “National Farm Report”; co-host, “This Week in Agribusiness”; National Radio Broadcasters Hall of Fame (2003) William Stamp Jr. President, Rhode Island Farm Cranston, Rhode Island ‒ Bureau Former state FFA officer Harry Stine President, Stine Seed Washington Township, Dallas Company County, Iowa Richard Waybright Owner, Mason Dixon Farms – Pennsylvania ‒ Former national one of the nation’s largest FFA vice president (1950‒51) dairy farms BUSINESS Nels Ackerson Attorney, Ackerson Kauffman Indiana ‒ Former national FFA Fex president (1963‒64) Peg Armstrong-Gustafson Owner and founder, Amson Iowa ‒ Former state FFA Technology LLC president and national FFA vice president (1977‒78) Greg Bamford President, Bamford Realty Inc. Colorado ‒ Former state FFA president (1965‒66) and national FFA president (1967‒ 68) Dan Bartlett Executive vice president, Rockwall, Texas – Former FFA corporate affairs, Wal-Mart; chapter president former counselor to President George W. Bush William T. Boehm Former senior vice president, Mosinee, Wisconsin – Former The Kroger Company, and state FFA chaplain, state FFA former president, Kroger president and national FFA Manufacturing vice president (1967‒68) Jim Davis Creator of Garfield comic strip Fairmount, Indiana ‒ Former FFA chapter president Morris Dees Attorney; founder of the Alabama ‒ Alabama Star Southern Poverty Law Center Farmer (1955) Bill Even Commercial unit lead, DuPont Hartford, South Dakota ‒ Pioneer; former South Dakota West Central FFA Chapter secretary of agriculture (2007‒10) A. Charles Fischer Former president and CEO, Texas Dow AgroSciences Jacob France Owner, Rostrata Photography, Shelley, Idaho ‒ Former FFA St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin chapter treasurer Islands; winner of the 2004 Caribbean Travel Photographer of the Year award Elizabeth Hund Senior vice president, food Kansas industries, U.S. Bank Chris Johns Editor in chief, National Crater, Oregon – Former state Geographic magazine FFA president (1969‒70) Nicholas Kristof Columnist for The New York Oregon – Former state FFA Times; Pulitzer Prize winner reporter (1990) Allen Lash Founder and president, Finley, Illinois AgriSolutions Inc.; founder and CEO, FamilyFarms Group J. Wilson McCallister Former associate general Florida ‒ Former state FFA counsel, Deere & Company vice president (1959‒60) Fred McClure CEO, George Bush Presidential Texas ‒ Former state FFA Library Foundation; former president and national FFA aide to President Ronald secretary (1973‒74); the first Reagan and President George African-American to serve as H.W. Bush national FFA officer Jim Moseley Co-chair, AGree; former Lafayette, Indiana deputy secretary, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (2001‒05) James E. Newsome Founding partner, Delta Plant City, Florida – Former Strategy Group; former state FFA president (1977‒78) president of the New York Mercantile Exchange Greg Nickerson CEO, Bader Rutter & Iowa Associates James E. Oesterreicher Former CEO and chairman of Michigan the board, J.C. Penney Company Inc. Earl Pomeroy Senior counsel, Alston & Bird North Dakota LLP; former U.S. congressman from North Dakota Richard Posthumus President and CEO, Caledonia, Michigan – Former Compatico; former lieutenant state FFA president governor of Michigan Bill Sarpalius President and CEO, Advantage Boys Ranch, Texas – Former Associates International; state FFA president former U.S. congressman from Texas Jeffrey Simmons President, Elanco Animal Penn Yan, New York – Former Health, a division of Eli Lilly Eastern Region Star in and Company Agribusiness (1987) Charles Stenholm Senior policy advisor, OFW Stamford, Texas Law; former U.S. congressman from Texas Kristie VerMulm KTIV-TV news anchor, Sioux Harrisburg, South Dakota ‒ City, Iowa Former state FFA officer EDUCATION “Whether evaluating opportunities for the university, making public speeches, or interacting in committee meetings, I use the skills learned through my agricultural education program and FFA. I am who I am today because of those experiences.” -Harry Birdwell, Chief Administrative Officer, Commissioners of the Land Office (Oklahoma); former Athletic Director at Oklahoma State University; and former National FFA President Lowell B. Catlett Professor and dean of the Texas ‒ Former national FFA College of Agricultural, vice president (1968‒69) Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University Raymond N. DuBois, M.D., Executive director, Biodesign Runge, Texas ‒ Former FFA PhD Institute, Arizona State chapter president, district University president and Area X vice president in Texas Janice C. Eberly Professor of finance, Kellogg California – Former national School of Management, FFA president (1982‒83); the Northwestern University; first female to serve as former assistant secretary, national FFA president economic policy, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury I. Miley Gonzalez Deputy director general, San Simon, Arizona CATIE, Costa Rica; former secretary/director, New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture; former undersecretary, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Kirklyn M. Kerr Former dean, College of West Virginia Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut M. Peter McPherson Former president, Michigan Lowell, Michigan State University James Oglesby Former assistant professor of Seneca, South Carolina education, University of Missouri‒ Columbia ENTERTAINMENT “The first time I had ever learned about setting goals was when I joined FFA in the eighth grade. I set a goal to be Miss Oklahoma after that. The public speaking skills developed in FFA were key to winning the Miss Oklahoma title where I had to be comfortable in interviews and talking on stage in front of thousands of people.” -Elizabeth Kinney Stidham, Miss Oklahoma 2004 and former Oklahoma State FFA Reporter Trace Adkins Country music Sarepta, Louisiana entertainer/recording artist Razzy Bailey Country music Lafayette, Alabama entertainer/recording artist Baxter Black Veterinarian turned cowboy Las Cruces, New Mexico ‒ poet, syndicated columnist and Former FFA chapter president radio commentator Lucas Black Actor (“Sling Blade,” “Cold Danville, Alabama – Speake Mountain,” “Friday Night FFA Chapter Lights”) Junior Bryant Former fiddler with the Pecos, Texas country music band Ricochet Easton Corbin Country music Trenton, Florida entertainer/recording artist Steve Doocy Co-anchor, “FOX & Friends” on Clay Center, Kansas – Former FOX News Channel FFA chapter vice president Matthew Fox Actor (Jack on “Lost” and Crowheart, Wyoming ‒ Charlie Salinger on “Party of Wind River High School Five”) FFA Chapter Brantley Gilbert Country music Jefferson, Georgia – Jefferson entertainer/recording artist City FFA Chapter William Lee Golden Member of country music Brewton, Alabama group The Oak Ridge Boys Don Henley Rock music Linden, Texas entertainer/recording artist; member of The Eagles Jared Hess Writer/director of the film Preston, Idaho “Napoleon Dynamite” Lyle Lovett Country music Klein, Texas entertainer/recording artist Greg Martin Member of the country music Metcalfe County, Kentucky band Kentucky Headhunters Tim McGraw Country music Start, Louisiana entertainer/recording artist Justin McKee Professional rodeo announcer Labette County, Kansas ‒ Former state FFA president Eddie Montgomery Member of the country music Kentucky duo Montgomery Gentry Willie Nelson Country music Abbott, Texas entertainer/recording artist Doug Phelps Member of the country music Missouri band Kentucky Headhunters Elizabeth Kinney Stidham Miss Oklahoma 2004 Mooreland, Oklahoma ‒ Former state FFA reporter (2000‒01) Taylor Swift Country music Tennessee – Hendersonville entertainer/recording artist FFA Chapter Jake Whetter On-air personality for Radio Arizona – Agua Fria FFA Disney Chapter; former state FFA vice president (2000‒01) Trent Willmon Country music Afton, Texas ‒ Former FFA entertainer/recording artist chapter president Tom Wopat Singer and actor (Luke Duke Lodi, Wisconsin on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” 1979‒85) Fred Young Member of the country music Metcalfe County, Kentucky band Kentucky Headhunters Richard Young Member of the country music Metcalfe County, Kentucky band Kentucky Headhunters GOVERNMENT “ . the one thing FFA taught me was determination. I learned that when you don’t win, you must dust yourself off and try again.” -Matt Lohr, Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Harry Birdwell Chief administrative officer, Oklahoma – Former state FFA Commissioners of the Land president
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