By Andi Anderson
The 2024-25 National FFA Officer Team was elected during the final session of the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. Students from Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, California, Georgia, and Wisconsin were chosen by National FFA Delegates to lead the organization for the next year.
The newly elected officers were selected from 37 candidates who underwent an extensive interview process with the National FFA Officer Nominating Committee.
The team includes:
Thaddeus Bergschneider from Illinois, elected as national president. He is a former member of the Franklin FFA Chapter.
Luke Jennings from Ohio, elected as national secretary. He is a former member of the Felicity-Franklin FFA Chapter.
Caroline Groth from Kentucky, elected as eastern region vice president. She is a former member of the Locust Trace FFA Chapter.
Abigale Jacobsen from California, elected as western region vice president. She is a former member of the Elk Grove FFA Chapter.
Jack Lingenfelter from Georgia, elected as southern region vice president. He is a former member of the Coffee High FFA Chapter.
Mary Schrieber from Wisconsin, elected as central region vice president. She is a former member of the East Troy FFA Chapter.
Each year, six student members are elected by delegates to represent the National FFA Organization as national officers. These officers will interact with business and industry leaders, FFA members and teachers, corporate partners, government and education officials, state FFA leaders, and the general public.
They will lead personal growth and leadership training conferences for FFA members across the country and help set policies to guide the future of FFA.
The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization with over 945,000 student members in 9,163 local FFA chapters across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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