2025 Board of Directors

Jay Abbott, J&L Abbott LLC, Blacksburg - Term Ends 2028

Robert B. Bahr, Brilee Farm, Timberville - Term Ends 2028

Mike Breeden, Moyer Brothers Company, Luray - Term Ends 2028

Teresa Callender, Rockingham Cooperative, Dayton - Term Ends 2027

Jason Carter, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative, Rockingham - Term Ends 2028

Kyley Clevenger, Farm Credit of the Virginias, Staunton - Term Ends 2028

Patrick Connelly, Landscape Supply, Inc., Midlothian - Term Ends 2026

Paul Franklin, Colonial Farm Credit, Mechanicsville - Term Ends 2028

Gil Grattan, Virginia Green Lawn Care, Richmond - Term Ends 2028

Lynn Graves, Graves Mountain Farm, Syria - Term Ends 2028

Tim Grove, Houff Corporation, Weyers Cave - Term Ends 2027

Matt Hickman, Dublin Farms, Horntown - Term Ends 2028

Jamie Hodnett, Nutrien, Richmond - Term Ends 2026

Ray Keating, Perdue Agribusiness, Chesapeake - Term Ends 2028

Stewart Livesay, Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Richmond - Term Ends 2027

Tom McDougall, 4P Foods, Warrenton - Term Ends 2028

Eddie Oliver, Federation of Virginia Food Banks, Richmond - Term Ends 2026

Eric Paulson, Virginia State Dairymen's Association, Bridgewater - Term Ends 2028

Robert N. Pemberton III, Cherry Dale Farms, Doswell - Term Ends 2027 

Douglas R. Phillips, Phillips & Turman Tree Farms, Indian Valley - Term Ends 2026

Lindsay Reames, Maola Local Dairies, Herndon - Term Ends 2028

Claiborne B. Roberts, Hastings Farm, Sandston - Term Ends 2028

Ernesto Sanabria, Red Sun Farms, Dublin - Term Ends 2027

C.M. Saunders, III, Saunders Farms, Midlothian - Term Ends 2028

Greg Scheerer, Smurfit Westrock, Covington - Term Ends 2028

Tom Taliaferro, Montague Farms, Inc., Center Cross - Term Ends 2028

Christopher Tan, Foodbank of SEVA and the Eastern Shore, Norfolk - Term Ends 2028

Lindsey Watson, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Fredericksburg - Term Ends 2028

Craig Zeigler, Agronomic Lawn Management, Chesapeake - Term Ends 2027