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GFB成员选举2017年董事会

发布 2016年12月6日在凌晨0点

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佐治亚州梅肯市的. – 乔治亚州农场局 voting delegates elected the organization’s 2017 board of directors Dec. 在杰基尔岛举行的第79届GFB年会上. GFB voting delegates elected Gerald 长 to a two-year term as president of the organization. 他于1月6日开始担任GFB主席. 12, 2016, when former GFB President Zippy Duvall resigned after being elected president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

长, 的班布里奇, 是养牛种花生的多元化农民吗, 蔬菜, 玉米, 棉花, 干草, 他和家人一起在班布里奇附近的农场里吃小谷物和木材. He was first elected to the GFB Board of Directors in December 1999 as a GFB 第九区 director representing 14 counties in Southwest Georgia. In 2006, GFB voting delegates in the 53 counties in GFB’s Southern Region elected 长 as GFB South Georgia vice president, 这个职位他一直担任到1月6日. 12. 另外, GFB voting delegates statewide designated 长 to serve as GFB 1st vice president each year from 2008 – 2015.

自1970年起担任农业局成员, 长 currently serves on the Decatur County Farm Bureau Board of Directors; he is a past president, 迪凯特县农业局副主席兼秘书兼财务主管.

朗和他的妻子, 珍妮丝, 我有三个成年子女:贾斯汀和儿媳, Kelli; Jared and daughter-in-law, Lori; and Jeanie and son-in-law, Diego Izurieta; and two grandchildren. The 长s are members of the First Baptist Church 的班布里奇 where 长 has served as a deacon and on numerous committees.

除了他的农场局领导, 长 is a member of the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association and serves on the board of the Decatur County Cattlemen’s Association. 在成为GFB主席之前, he represented 乔治亚州农场局 on the Georgia Beef Board and served as treasurer of the board.

长 was a founding board member of both the Georgia Peanut Producers and the Georgia Fruit & 蔬菜种植者协会，以及弗林特河水资源规划政策中心. 他还任职于迪凯特县工业发展局. He attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College where he majored in crop science and animal science. He then served six months of active duty in the Georgia Army National Guard and six years of reserve duty.

GFB members in the organization’s South Georgia Region elected Daniel 约翰逊 of Pierce County to represent their region on the 乔治亚州农场局 Board of Directors for a three-year term. The GFB South Georgia Region is comprised of 53 counties in the lower third of the state running from the Alabama state line to the Georgia coast. 约翰逊, 谁种植烟草?, 棉花和花生, previously represented the organization’s 第十区 on the GFB Board of Directors since 2006 and has served as president of the Pierce County Farm Bureau for the past 24 years.

1982年起担任农业局成员, 约翰逊 served on the 乔治亚州农场局 Young Farmer Committee from 1988-1989 and served as committee vice chairman in 1989. 他还曾在佐治亚州农业局棉花和烟草咨询委员会任职.

除了他的农场局领导, 约翰逊 serves as chairman of the Georgia Tobacco Commission and is a director of the Georgia Tobacco Growers Association. He is a member of the Georgia Young Farmers Association for which he has served as treasurer, 副总裁和总裁. He is a director of the Coastal Pines Technical College and a director of Southern Pullers, 卡车和拖拉机牵引组织. 约翰逊曾两次被评为阳光地带博览会佐治亚年度农民. 约翰逊和他的妻子帕特里夏育有四个孩子:林赛、李安、丹和道森.

GFB投票代表指定小罗伯特·方丹. of Emanuel County as the organization’s 1st vice president as he begins serving the second year of his third consecutive three-year term as Middle Georgia vice president. The GFB Middle Georgia Region is comprised of 56 counties in the middle third of Georgia between the Alabama and South Carolina state lines.

Fountain曾于1997年至2006年担任该职位. Fountain is the third generation to own his family’s farm located in Emanuel and 约翰逊 counties where he raises cattle, 干草, 木材, 小谷物和山核桃.

伯纳德•西姆斯, 在卡图萨县, 开始是他的第三个年头吗, 担任了三年的北乔治亚州副总统. 西姆斯于2008年首次当选，代表乔治亚州北部的49个县. 西姆斯, 同时也是卡图萨县农业局的主席, 种草皮草, 小颗粒, 草莓, 干草和肉牛.

In district director races Randy Ruff of Elbert County was re-elected to a two-year term on the GFB Board of Directors as a 2nd District director. Ruff, who is president of the Elbert County Farm Bureau, has served as a GFB Director since 2002. 在经营家族奶牛场将近36年之后, 拉夫夫妇最近卖掉了他们的奶牛群，正在过渡到饲养肉鸡, 肉牛和干草. 拉夫夫妇继续饲养奶牛替代品小母牛.

Lamar Vickers of Berrien County was elected to the GFB Board of Directors representing the organization’s 第十区 for a two-year term. 维克斯积极参与贝里恩的多元化农业经营, 拉尼尔和库克县和他哥哥一起, 卡洛斯, 还有他的儿子, 布拉德利. The Vickers family grows 玉米, blueberries, 棉花, watermelons, peanuts and raise beef cows. He has served on the Berrien County Farm Bureau (BCFB) Board for more than 34 years during which time he served as BCFB president for 15 years.

The following were re-elected unopposed to serve two-year terms on the 乔治亚州农场局 Board of Directors: Wesley Hall, 福赛斯县, 1st District; Nora Goodman of Paulding County, 3rd District; Skeetter McCorkle of McDuffie County, 4th District; Matt Bottoms, 派克县, 5th District; James Emory Tate of Jeff Davis County, 6th District; Ben Boyd of Screven County, 7th District; Don Wood of Wilcox County, 8th District; and Lucius Adkins of Baker County, 第九区.

GFB board members beginning the second year of the two-year term they were elected to in 2015 are: Bill Bryan of Chattooga County, 1st District; George Chambers of Carroll County, 3rd District; Marvin Ruark of Morgan County, 4th District; Ralph Adamson of Lamar County, 5th District; James Malone Jr. 劳伦斯县的, 6th District; Gary Bell of Evans County, 7th District; Scotty Raines of Turner County, 8th District; Paul Shirah of Mitchell County, 第九区; and David Lee of Bacon County, 第十区.

Mitchell Pittman of Toombs County was named chairman of the 乔治亚州农场局 Young Farmer Committee. Rhonda Williams of Rabun County was named chairman of the 乔治亚州农场局 Women’s Committee. Both will serve a one-year term as committee chairmen and will sit on the 乔治亚州农场局 Board of Directors.

Appointed officers of the GFB Board of Directors include Chief Operating Officer Wayne Daniel; Chief Financial Officer & 集团. Treasurer David Jolley; Chief Administrative Officer & 集团. 国务卿Jon Huffmaster和法律总顾问Duke Groover.

Delegates also voted on policy that will direct the organization’s stance on legislative issues pertaining to agriculture in the upcoming year.

成立于1937年, 乔治亚农场局是一个十大靠谱网赌官方平台制组织, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving as the voice of Georgia farmers and rural Georgia. GFB, 乔治亚州最大的农场组织, promotes Georgia commodities and offers legislative representation to ensure Georgia’s farming future. 其志愿者成员积极参与当地活动, state and national activities that promote agriculture awareness to their non-farming neighbors.

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