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MARK STEWART NAMED CEO OF AGRICULTURE FUTURE OF AMERICA,
Jul. 8, 2016
Source: Agriculture Future Of America news release
Agriculture Future of America announced today that CEO Russ Weathers will step down as CEO at the end of AFA's 2017 fiscal year - Feb. 28, 2017.
This decision was made during the AFA board of directors meeting held June 23-24 in Kansas City, Missouri. Weathers will continue to serve the organization as chair of the board and work with organization leadership in an advisory role.
Weathers has led AFA since its inception in 1996 when the late R. Crosby Kemper Jr. and his son Sandy Kemper founded the organization as a national leader and career development provider for college students and young professionals in agriculture. Under Weathers' leadership, this vision has become a reality.
Over 13,000 young professionals and collegiate students have benefited from AFA's personal and professional development programs over the past 20 years. Over $9 million has been awarded in leader and academic scholarships. Those who have benefited from AFA programs stretch coast to coast, representing more than 200 colleges and universities from 43 states.
"When we founded AFA, Russ Weathers was identified as the person to put legs to the vision," Sandy Kemper, AFA co-founder and immediate past chair, said. "He leveraged the energy and resources of countless individual, community, corporate and university partners to establish AFA. The board of directors is thankful for his leadership in shaping the extraordinary organization AFA has grown to be. As chair, he will continue to be a voice to the organization's future."
The AFA board also announced that Mark Stewart, current AFA president, will succeed Weathers as CEO. As of March 1, 2017, Stewart will be AFA CEO and president. Stewart has served as AFA President since March 1, 2015, when the board named him to that role as part of the organization's succession plan. Stewart joined AFA in 2011 as director of development.
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