Officers: CFFA: School of Agriculture - Western Illinois University

Meet Our 2010-11 Officers

Office: President
Hometown: Ashton, IL
Major and Minor: Major: Animal Science Minor: Agriculture Economics
High School FFA Chapter: Ashton-Franklin Center High School FFA Chapter
Highest Office held in high school level FFA: President
Other Current Activities: President of Ag-Vocators, Hoof n Horn Sec, Sigma Alpha Sec
What are your future life/career aspirations? Working in some type of agriculture field in either livestock or business
Why did you join CFFA? To stay active with PAS and continue my love and passion for Agriculture
How is CFFA different from FFA in High School? We get to organiza and run the CDE's instead of participate in them.

Office:Secretary
Hometown: Bushnell, IL
Major and Minor: Agricultural Education and Business
High School FFA Chapter: Bushnell-Prairie City
Highest Office held in high school level FFA: State Treasurer, Illinois Association FFA
Other Current Activities: Ag Education Club
What are your future life/career aspirations? Do one of three things: 1) Teach high school agricultural instructor/FFA advisor, 2) Return to the family farm, 3) Pursue a career in an agribusiness field.
Why did you join CFFA? FFA creates amazing opportunities for students of all levels. I hope that Collegiate FFA will give me the opportunity to continue to advance my skills and abilities and allow me the chance to help others as well.
How is CFFA different from FFA in High School? In high school FFA, members were always competing with one another. Collegiate FFA is about much more than that. CFFA shows students how much work actually goes into putting on contests but also allows students to continue to have ties to the FFA organization.

Office: Reporter
Hometown: Witt, IL
Major and Minor: Agribusiness
High School FFA Chapter: Nokomis FFA Chapter
Highest Office held in high school level FFA: Section and Chapter Reporter
Other Current Activities: Ag Mech Club, Hoof N Horn, Ag Vocators, Agronomy Club, Ag Council, Sigma Alpha, Ag Business Club, Alpha Zeta, Peer Mentor for FYE class
What are your future life/career aspirations? I would like to become a farm loan officer for the Farm Service Agency
Why did you join CFFA? FFA had such a crucial impact on me in high school and it broke my heart leaving. I hoped I could get just as much out of a collegiate branch.
How is CFFA different from FFA in High School? In high school, FFA was more based on competition and now we are the backbone to those contests, helping host them.

Office: Ag Council Rep
Hometown: Bushnell, IL
Major and Minor: Ag Business
High School FFA Chapter: Bushnell-Prairie City
Highest Office held in high school level FFA: Chapter President
Other Current Activities: this, that & everything
What are your future life/career aspirations? I hope to graduate from WIU in December of 2012, then possibly attain my master's degree and join the work force in agrifinance.
Why did you join CFFA? I joined CFFA because of the wonderful experiences of FFA during high school and wanted to maintain a connection with the organization throughout college and have an opportunity to serve others.
How is CFFA different from FFA in High School? The meetings and activities are much different than those in high school FFA, but the passion for agriculture is much the same.

Office: Ag Council Rep
Hometown: Chandlerville, IL
Major and Minor: Agricultural Education
High School FFA Chapter: N/A
Highest Office held in high school level FFA: N/A
Other Current Activities:
What are your future life/career aspirations? Get a job at a local school, have a farm of my own with a family
Why did you join CFFA? My major will deal with it at the high school level and I really enjoy helping students and the other members.
How is CFFA different from FFA in High School? I wasn't in FFA in high school.