About Us
Board of Directors
Farm Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of leaders in production agriculture, agribusiness, academia, rural communities, media, retail and NGOs.
Farm Foundation Board
2023-2026
Dan Basse, AgResource Company, Chicago, IL, Chair
Cheri De Jong, Natural Prairie Dairy & AgriVision Farm Management, Dalhart, TX, Vice Chair
Andrew LaVigne, American Seed Trade Association, Alexandria, VA, Treasurer
Christine Hamilton, Christiansen Land and Cattle, Ltd, Kimball, SD, Audit Committee Chair
Shari Rogge-Fidler, Farm Foundation, ex officio director, President and CEO
Jason Brantley
John Deere, Moline, IL
Jewel Bronaugh
President & CEO of 1890 Universities Foundation, Alexandria, VA
Angela Caddell
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Dallas, TX
Steve Coulter
Koch Agronomic Services, Wichita, KS
Michael Doane
The Nature Conservancy, Kansas City, MO
John Foltz
Ohio State University (retired), Columbus, OH
Krysta Harden
U.S. Dairy Export Council, Arlington, VA
George Hoffman
Restaurant Services Inc., Coral Gables, FL
Mike Johanns
Former United States Secretary of Agriculture, Ponce Inlet, FL
Robert Jones
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
A.G. Kawamura
Orange County Produce, Irvine, CA
Jimmy Kinder
Kinder Farms, Walters, OK
Kristin Kroepfl
Quaker North America, Chicago, IL
Thayne Larson
Bestifor Farms, Belleville, KS
Erin Nazetta
Broadview Group Holdings, LLC, Saint Louis, MO
Cristina Rohr
S2G Ventures, Chicago, IL
Ryan Schohr
Schohr Ranch, Chico, CA
Mary Snapp
Microsoft Philanthropies, Redman, WA
Mike Torrey
Michael Torrey Associates, Washington, D.C.
Todd Van Hoose
Farm Credit Council, Washington, D.C.