Rose Tryon grew up on a beef, dairy & potato ranch. She is a fifth-generation farmer on her father's side of the family and a third-generation Portuguese immigrant and farmer on her mother's side. Rose and her husband, Michael VanCott, are actively involved in operating her family farm in Del Norte County, California. Rose is a retired District Attorney investigator who specialized in child abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence investigations. She is also a full-charge bookkeeper specializing in agricultural accounting. Rose served as the 25th State President of California Women for Agriculture (CWA) and in multiple capacities at the affiliate's state and local levels. She has been active in American Agri-Women (AAW) since 2011. She served six years on the American-Agri Women Foundation Board of Directors and several years as the AAW Natural Resources Co-Director. Rose is a 2022 recipient of the AAW LEAVEN award. In 2018, Rose and her husband, Michael, lost their home in the devastating forest fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, California. They have rebuilt their home in Paradise. In November 2020, Rose was elected to the Paradise Town Council. She currently represents the town of Paradise on the Butte County Air Quality Management District Governing Board and the Butte County Association of Governments. Rose also serves on the Butte County Farm Bureau and the Butte County Fire Safe Council Board of Directors and is a Farm Journal Foundation Farmer Ambassador for Northern California. Rose has a unique background and work experience in farming and law enforcement. She enjoys collaborating with people from diverse social and economic backgrounds and has been a longtime advocate for the health of rural communities.

Kim Bremmer is a visionary leader and the Founder and Owner of Ag Inspirations, LLC, as well as the Executive Director of Venture Dairy Cooperative. With a strong commitment to serving the dairy farming community, Kim has played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of agriculture in Wisconsin. As Executive Director of Venture Dairy Cooperative, a USDA-certified third-party milk testing verification cooperative, she has spearheaded efforts to empower dairy farmers by driving the cooperative’s strategic vision, fostering advocating for their interests in the ever-evolving agricultural sector. Kim’s dedication extends to her role as a registered State Lobbyist, where she tirelessly champions the cooperative’s cause in Wisconsin’s political arena. An eloquent communicator and advocate for agriculture, Kim also shares her expertise as a Professional Speaker and Communications Consultant through Ag Inspirations LLC, engaging diverse audiences on communication and leadership in advocacy. Her dynamic presence and commitment to the agricultural community are further evident in her contributions over the years serving American Agri-Women in various capacities, solidifying her as a respected voice and thought leader in the field. We look forward to her leadership in 2024 and beyond!

Chrissy Wozniak is from the small town of Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada but now lives in Cape Coral, Florida with her family. She grew up with a deep love and respect for agriculture. Chrissy is the founder of North American Ag. Her experience & love of the industry has led her to create the North American Ag platform and become the host of two podcasts – The North American Ag Spotlight & What Color is Your Tractor. North American Ag provides daily ag news and weekly podcasts, devoted to highlighting the great people and companies that serve the agriculture industry and help feed our world. Covering ag tech, issues, policy, new products, family & faith. North American Ag gives farm families and ag professionals’ insight into what’s happening in agriculture throughout North America. She found a need in the industry for an open dialogue about the issues that impact our food supply chain, and welcomes discussion about politics and religion where they impact ag, in a climate where open discussion has been suppressed in many arenas. Her company is also a full-service marketing agency who works primarily with agriculture-based companies and farms. Chrissy is a member of Florida Agri-Women and currently serves on the Executive Committee as Secretary. Besides business, she loves God, her family, her dogs, growing her family’s own food in her tropical garden, horses & fishing.

The family, faith, and farm quickly sum up Jean’s life. The three are so intertwined it is hard for her to separate them. At this point in her life, she is an equipment operator, bookkeeper, and cow counter in our small cow/ calf, hay operation in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Jean has been involved in 4-H for 20+ years in the livestock association in her old county. At present, she is vice chair of my county Farm Bureau board.

Arlene Kovash was born and raised on a small farm in a rural community near Phoenix, Arizona. She and her three sisters were active in 4-H, where she participated in several different project areas and developed most of her leadership skills. She majored in home economics at Arizona State University but got seriously involved in agriculture when she met and married ag teacher Paul Kovash. Hoping to escape the heat, the family (now including two daughters) moved to Corvallis, Oregon, where Paul was hired to teach Vocational Agriculture, which he did for 30 years, and also started farming. Arlene got involved in Oregon Women for Agriculture through their farming and teaching contacts and has remained active for 45 years, holding several offices, including president of OWA and president, secretary, and treasurer of Polk County Women for Ag, plus serving terms as vice president of communications and secretary of AAW. She also served as editor of both the OWA and AAW newsletters for several years and their county farm bureau newsletter. She is currently the editor of the AAW directory and serves on the AAW Foundation board.

Kathy Goodyke began her AAW adventure by attending the 1994 AAW Convention at Tigard, Oregon. The friendships developed over those several days are still close to her. Since that initial convention, she has attended many others along with AAW Mid-Year meetings. She serves as the lead on Taxes in the Committee of Governmental Issues, and prepared a White Paper for the 2021 Fly In. Kathy is the Minnesota Agri-Women Treasurer and past secretary. Receiving an associate degree in accounting began her career with AgCountry, preparing farmers’ bookkeeping and financial reports for the loan officer and tax preparer. With a love for education, Kathy went on to receive a BS in Nursing. She worked in community, public, and hospital nursing until 2007. When her husband needed help on the farm, she was introduced to life on a tractor. From then on, being able to work in the field and see what she was able to do, put her careers on permanent hold. She worked the ground, ran the grain cart and did a lot of her own equipment maintenance. It was full-time enjoyment. Since retiring from the farm in 2016, Kathy has become active in the area seniors center as the secretary, grant writer and financial chairperson. She enjoys quilting and being a member of the church quilt group, for which she is the treasurer. Kathy and her husband remain busy with maintaining the farm site and with their daughters and families and will always be keeping an eye on the fields.

As a farmer, past communications consultant and association manager, Heather Hampton+Knodle is dedicated to developing rural economies through incentivizing investments in telecommunications, innovative workforce development and enabling entrepreneurship and leadership development. Heather was the founding chairman of the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation, the Central Illinois Economic Development Authority and the Montgomery CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) program. She currently serves as the appointed Chairman of the Examining Current and Future Connectivity Demand for Precision Agriculture Working Group of the Federal Communications Commission Precision Agriculture Task Force; on the advisory boards for AIFARMS and SCI Prairie works; and as a Citizen Member appointee to Illinois Governor’s Rural Affairs Council. Heather farms with her husband Brian where they and their four children, ages 13-20, grow corn, soybeans, and wheat and manage a small herd of black Angus cattle. Since Heather joined Illinois Agri-Women 1995, she has served as Illinois affiliate Secretary and President, chaired the program and planning for three national conventions, served as AAW Secretary, First Vice President, Governmental Issues Chairman, Farm Bill Task Force Chairman, Water Resources and Rural Development Chairman. Heather is a 2008 recipient of the AAW LEAVEN Award and 2004 recipient of the AAW President’s Award.