With FFA organizations in 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, there are well over 1,000 state FFA officers who play a role as delegates at the National FFA Convention. State FFA officers lead the membership of the state associations and are elected by state FFA convention delegates.
Samantha Marre of Elsberry, Missouri who represents Area 5 in the northeast part of the Show-Me State has been involved in FFA since her freshman year of high school and is very active with her fellow officers in representing the nearly 25,000 members of Missouri FFA.
“Some of the committees we have been on include the contest team evaluation committee, the ag career network committee (and) agriculture education committee,” Marre said at the convention.
Marre says the words purpose and persistence, talked about by national adviser Dr. Steve Brown, resonated with her as an FFA officer. “We have to remember our purpose as Missouri FFA officers to serve the members of Missouri,” she said. “And persistence, meaning to never give up and to continually ‘go all out’ for our chapter, our state, our nation, and our communities.”
Listen to Jamie’s interview with Samantha here: Interview with Missouri FFA officer Samantha Marre
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