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乔治亚州农场局选举2023年董事会

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2022年12月7日      

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            十大靠谱网赌官方平台选举2023年董事会

GFB主席汤姆·麦考尔连任

佐治亚州梅肯市的. - 乔治亚州农场局 (GFB) voting delegates elected the organization’s 2023 board of directors Dec. 6 during the 85th Annual GFB Convention held on Jekyll Island.

GFB voting delegates re-elected Tom McCall to a second, two-year term. 他于2020年首次当选. 麦考尔和他的家人种植各种粮食作物, 甜玉米, 干草和稻草以及肉牛, 他们在埃尔伯特县的福特森尼亚农场饲养猪和羊. He and his wife, Jane, have two adult children: Al (wife Rachel) and Katie M. Archer (husband Bristol), two grandsons and one granddaughter. 麦考尔一家是卫理公会教徒.

麦考尔自1978年以来一直是农业局的成员. His first leadership role with Farm Bureau was serving as the chairman of the Elbert County Farm Bureau (ECFB) Young Farmers & 农场主(YF&R)委员会. 他代表GFB第二区参加GFB青年基金&R Committee in 1981-82 and chaired the state committee in 1982. McCall represented GFB’s 2nd District on the GFB Board of Directors from 1984-1996.  他还曾担任ECFB总裁多年.

McCall served in the Georgia House of Representatives for 26 years from Jan. 9, 1995, 当他宣誓就职时, until he retired from the legislature at the end of his 2020 term. As a state representative, McCall represented Georgia’s House Dist. 33, which at the time included Elbert and Lincoln counties and portions of Madison, 威尔克斯和哥伦比亚县. 麦考尔是乔治亚州农业委员会主席 & 2005-2020年1月任消费者事务委员会委员.

GFB members in the organization’s south region reelected Daniel 约翰逊 of Pierce County to a third, three-year term representing their 53-county region in the southern third of the state as GFB South Georgia vice president. All GFB voting delegates designated 约翰逊 to serve as GFB 1st vice president from among the organization’s three regional vice presidents. The GFB first vice president would be tapped to lead the organization should the president be unable to serve.

约翰逊, 谁种植烟草?, 玉米, 棉花和花生, previously represented the organization’s 第十区 on the GFB Board of Directors from 2006-2016. He is vice president of Pierce County Farm Bureau and previously served as PCFB president for 25 years. 约翰逊 chairs the Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Tobacco. He and his wife, Patricia, have four children and three grandchildren.

Ralph 考德威尔 of Heard County begins the second year of his three-year term as GFB Middle Georgia vice president that members in the organization’s Middle Georgia Region elected him to last year. The GFB Middle Georgia Region includes 56 county Farm Bureaus in the middle third of Georgia stretching from the Alabama line to Georgia’s coast.

考德威尔和他的妻子, 金, 和父亲一起种地, 格温, 在种植玉米和大豆的同时饲养家禽和牛. 这对夫妇的儿子, 科尔顿, 谁娶了德莱娜, 他不去律师事务所的时候就在农场帮忙. 考德威尔, 做了30多年的传教士, 目前在地区教会担任临时牧师.

考德威尔 has served as a Heard County Farm Bureau director since 1990 and as the HCFB president since 2013. 他曾在GFB青年农民组织任职 & 1992-1994年担任牧场主委员会主席. He is a supervisor for the West Georgia Soil Conservation District.

Bernard Sims of Catoosa County begins the third year of his fifth, 担任三年的GFB北乔治亚州副主席. The GFB North Georgia Region includes 49 county Farm Bureaus in the northern third of Georgia. Sims serves as the Catoosa County Farm Bureau president, a position he has held since 1979. Sims and his wife, Janet, grow turf grass, small grains and hay and raise cattle. The Simses have two surviving adult children and eight grandchildren. 他们是燃烧丛林浸信会的成员.

The following were reelected to serve two-year terms on the 乔治亚州农场局 Board of Directors: Wesley Hall of Forsyth County, 1st District; Russ Moon of Madison County, 2nd District; Nora Goodman of Paulding County, 3rd District; Skeetter McCorkle of McDuffie County, 4th District; Matt Bottoms of Pike County, 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; Lucius Adkins of Baker County, 9th District; and Lamar Vickers of Berrien County, 第十区.

GFB directors beginning the second year of the two-year terms they were elected to in 2021 are: Bill Bryan of Chattooga County, 1st District; Gilbert Barrett of Habersham County, 2nd District; Brad Marks of Newton County, 3rd District; Russ Wilburn of Barrow County, 4th District; Leighton Cooley of Crawford County, 5th District; James Malone of Laurens County, 6th District; Gary Bell of Evans County, 7th District; Scotty Raines of Turner County, 8th District; Paul Shirah of Mitchell County, 第九区和培根县的大卫·李, 第十区.

Colt Hart of Franklin County was named chairman of the GFB Young Farmers & 牧场主委员会. Kathy Sanders of Laurens County was selected chairman of the GFB Women’s Leadership Committee. Each will serve a one-year term as committee chairmen and will sit on the GFB Board of Directors.

Appointed officers of the GFB Board of Directors include General Counsel Duke Groover,

首席财务官 & 公司财务主管大卫·乔利, 公司秘书珍妮·芬内尔, 首席行政官杰弗里·哈维, 以及公司助理财务主管Rachel mosley.

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

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成立于1937年, the 乔治亚州农场局 Federation is the state’s largest general farm organization with 158-chapter offices that cover all of Georgia’s 159 counties. 作为一个十大靠谱网赌官方平台驱动, 非政府组织, GFB serves as the voice of Georgia farmers and rural Georgia by advocating for them on legislative issues and promoting Georgia commodities. Its volunteer members actively participate in activities that promote agriculture awareness.

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