National FFA Foundation announces appointments to sponsor's board

Since its inception in 1947, the National FFA Foundation Sponsors' Board has supported the foundation in securing $292 million in support of FFA and agricultural education. Comprised of top corporate executives who support the vision and mission of FFA, the group is interested in promoting careers in agribusiness, agriculture and food production, and entrepreneurship.
FFA announces the following appointments to its current Sponsors' Board:

• Scott Bormann, Vice President, North America of Merck Animal Health in DeSoto, KS
• Tom Dean, Marketing Director, North America of Case IH in Racine, WI
• Michele Fite, Global Leader Health of DuPont Nutrition & Health in St. Louis, MO
• Bryn Fosburgh, Vice President of Trimble Navigation Limited in Westminster, CO
• Kelly Gast, Global Business Operations Finance Lead of Monsanto, St. Louis
• Warren Graeff, Senior Vice President Agriculture Market Manager of PNC Bank in St. Louis
• John Miller, Group Vice President, Agricultural Products of BNSF Railway in Fort Worth, TX
• Matt Plitt, Executive Vice President and COO of Valent USA in Walnut Creek, CA
• John Smith, Vice President, Key Account Manager of Bayer CropScience in Research Triangle Park, NC
• John Starkey, President of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association in Tucker, GA
• David Stidham, Vice President of Marketing of Culver Franchising System, Inc. in Prairie Du Sac, WI
• Charles L. Theiss, Vice President – Chief Technical Officer, Newly Weds Foods in Chicago, IL
• Ken Wilmes, Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager of Tractor Supply Company in Brentwood, TN
• Jay Wilson, Vice President of Marketing of Sealed Air Corporation in Duncan, SC

Members of the 2016 Sponsors' Board executive committee:

• Craig Bacon, Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Tyson Foods, Inc. in Springdale, AR, will serve as the 2016 Sponsors' Board Chair. 
• Cory J. Reed, John Deere (past Chair)
• David Kabbes, Bunge North America
• Joseph Metzger, Kraft Heinz Company
• John Niemann, Cargill
• Eric Spell, AgCareers.com
• Mark Schweitzer, Archer Daniels Midland Company
• Susanne Wasson, Dow AgroSciences

The National FFA Foundation is the fundraising arm of the National FFA Organization, which provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 629,367 student members in grades seven through 12, who belong to one of 7,757 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.