Dr. W. Dwight Armstrong will retire as chief executive officer of the National FFA Organization and Foundation later this month, but his legacy in agricultural education and FFA will live on in a newly created endowment called “The Dwight Armstrong Legacy Endowment.”

Armstrong’s seven-year tenure with the National FFA Organization has allowed him to oversee an era of dramatic growth and success, as the organization has achieved an all-time record high membership of 629,367. Armstrong has solidified close collaboration and complementary strategic direction for both the National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation.

“Dwight brought vision and leadership to our organization that has inspired our members, staff and volunteers across the country,” said Molly Ball, President of the National FFA Foundation. “This fund will honor his legacy at FFA and continue his vision of growing leaders, building communities and strengthening American agriculture.”

The Dwight Armstrong Legacy Endowment has two platforms: The CEO Innovation Endowment platform, which establishes a fund that provides future National FFA CEOs with a discretionary platform to pursue unique leadership development opportunities for staff and support starter funds to further the FFA mission, and the career success platform, which helps fund the vision of “My Journey,” a direct pipeline to jobs and talent across the country available to FFA members and partners.

“With his many years of being deeply involved in the agricultural industry, we hope his friends and associates will find this endowment to be a wonderful opportunity to honor Dwight and give back to an organization they care about,” Ball said.

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