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2014/15 National FFA Officers Elected At Convention.

By Joe Dales, Farms.com

 At the annual National FFA convention in Louisville, Kentucky, six students were elected by the delegates to represent them on the 2014 - 2015 National FFA Officer team.

The National FFA Officer team provides leadership and direction for the organization. The students commit to a busy year of travel and activities representing the over 600,000 members of FFA.  Each region of the country is represented by a member selected in an election by the FFA members at the National convention.

The President elected for this year is Andy Paul from Georgia.  Andy is an agriculture education major at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College,

Victoria Maloch of Arkansas is an agricultural business and pre-law major at University of Arkansas, will serve as secretary.

Kristen Schmidt of Colorado, an animal science and agricultural business major at Colorado State University, was elected central region vice president and Stephen McBride of Tennessee, an agricultural business major at University of Tennessee at Martin, will serve as southern region vice president.

Ruth Ann Myers, an agricultural education major at University of Kentucky, was elected eastern region vice president and Caleb Gustin of New Mexico, an agricultural business and agricultural economics major at New Mexico State University, will serve as western region vice president.

2014-15 National Officer Team

 To learn more about the 2014-15 National FFA Officers Team visit

https://www.ffa.org/About/nationalffa/nationalofficers/Pages/default.aspx

National officers commit to a year of service to the National FFA Organization. Each travels more than 100,000 national and international miles to interact with business and industry leaders, thousands of FFA members and teachers, corporate sponsors, government and education officials, state FFA leaders, the general public and more. The team will lead personal growth and leadership training conferences for FFA members throughout the country and help set policies that will guide the future of FFA and promote agricultural literacy.

The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 610,240 student members in grades seven through 12 who belong to one of 7,665 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

 


Video Theme of the 2014 National FFA Convention In Louisville, Kentucky.

 The National FFA Organization

The National FFA Organization is a national youth organization of 610,240 student members as part of 7,665 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. The National FFA Organization operates under a federal charter granted by the 81st United States Congress and it is an integral part of public instruction in agriculture. The U.S. Department of Education provides leadership and helps set direction for FFA as a service to state and local agricultural education programs. For more, visit the National FFA Organization online at www.FFA.org, on Facebook, Twitter and the official National FFA Organization blog.


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