Cheri DeJong

Cheri De Jong serves as co-owner and chief financial officer for AgriVision Farm Management — a company that oversees management for 30 family-owned and operated agricultural businesses and other investments. Cheri is also the chief financial officer and co-owner of Natural Prairie Dairy, one of the largest, family-operated organic dairy farms in the U.S., based in Hartley, Texas. Natural Prairie Dairy’s mission is to deliver best-in-class organic milk from their family to yours. Cheri and her husband, Donald, also oversee the De Jong Foundation, an organization whose mission is to empower people in agriculture.

Cheri has been involved in the fraternity and sorority community as the past chairman of the board of directors for the National Panhellenic Conference, which is the premier advocacy and support organization for the advancement of the sorority experience, consisting of 26 inter/national women’s sororities. She has also served her own sorority, Sigma Kappa, in many leadership roles over the years, including as national president. Cheri currently is a board member and past president for the Fraternity Sorority Political Action Committee.

She also serves as chairman on the board of directors for the Farm Foundation, an organization consisting of leaders in agriculture across the country that serves as an accelerator of people and ideas. Cheri stays active in the business community as a board member for the Amarillo Area Foundation and a board member for her alma mater, the Cal Poly Foundation.

Cheri majored in agribusiness management at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, received an MBA from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and just recently received her Ph.D. in Organizational Development and Leadership from the University of Arizona. She lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and business partner, Donald De Jong.