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Indiana FFA State Officer Candidates Announced
Indiana Ag Connection - 06/17/2019

Twenty-one Indiana FFA members are running for the chance to become part of the next Indiana FFA State Officer team, which consists of a president, secretary, northern region vice president, southern region vice president, treasurer, reporter and sentinel.

During the 90th Indiana FFA State Convention, these candidates will participate in a rigorous interview and selection process, in which, the winners will be announced at the final session on Thursday, June 20. "Each candidate should be proud of what they've accomplished in order to get here," said Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler. "Serving as a state officer is a tremendous honor, and I wish these students well and commend them for taking the initiative."

Once selected, the newly-elected officers will embark on a year of service, providing direction and overseeing the development of the student-led organization, which has more than 12,500 members statewide. Along with promoting FFA, agriculture and agricultural education, some of their responsibilities include conducting FFA chapter visits, facilitating leadership conferences, and hosting career and leadership development events, to name a few.

"All 21 of these candidates have contributed so much to their schools and local communities through FFA," said Indiana FFA Director Rob Hays. "I am proud of each student for volunteering to represent FFA in another capacity. Any of these members would make a wonderful leader for the Indiana FFA Association."

The following list includes the 21 Indiana FFA State Officer candidates:

- Noah Berning, Heritage FFA

- Elise Beverly, Columbus FFA

- Nathan Fairchild, South Decatur FFA

- Kirsta Gardner, Rochester FFA

- Connor Grumme, Wawasee FFA

- Ben Harman, Benton Central FFA

- Morgan Hinz, South Central FFA

- Abigail Kilmer, Tri-County FFA

- Caitlyn Lewis, Frontier FFA

- Cameron Matthews, Shenandoah FFA

- Dillion Muhlenkamp, Jay County FFA

- Taylor Roy, Franklin FFA

- Emily Sabin, Wawasee FFA

- Quinn Schoof, Heritage FFA

- Isaac Selm, Franklin County FFA

- Zach Sickle, Eastern Hancock FFA

- Eion Stephens, Tecumseh FFA

- Jonathan Stockdale, Southwestern-Hanover FFA

- Maria Turner, Mt. Vernon @Mt. Vernon FFA

- Garrett Weldy, NorthWood FFA

- Madelyn Zimmerman, Wawasee FFA

The 2019-20 Indiana FFA state officer team will be announced later this week.

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