Meet the new Executive Director for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Tom Brand. Tom’s new position was just announced by NAFB.

You can hear NAFB President Tom Steever make the announcement: Tom Steever Announcement
“I think a lot of folks may know me because of being a farm broadcaster,” says Tom, who’s currently the farm director at KFEQ. He has a decorated history as a member of the NAFB. He’s a Horizon Award winner, a nominee for Farm Broadcaster of the Year and he presided over the Association in 2003. He’s still getting used to the idea of this latest change in his career. “You know, whenever I came to my first [NAFB] convention in 1990, if someone had said, “I’ve seen the crystal ball and you’re going to be the executive director of NAFB,” I sure wouldn’t have believed them,” he said, after being informed that he was selected to be in that position.

Congratulations Tom!

I remember hiring Tom at Brownfield Ag News and watching him learn to do market reports from Derry Brownfield! I think he learned well. The photo is from an NAFB Washington Watch I attended a couple of years ago.