California Farm Bureau Board of Directors Elections: Some Represent Mother Lode
Sonora, CA – The California Farm Bureau recently held elections for its board of directors, and some are from the Mother Lode region.
Three board members are new, including Steve Kafka, a forester from Avery in Calaveras County. He replaces Paul Sanguinetti in serving District 12, which represents Farm Bureau members in Calaveras and San Joaquin counties. State Bureau officials relay that Kafka is a graduate of Leadership Farm Bureau, a longtime member and chairman of the Forestry/Public Lands Committee, and past president and a longtime board member of Calaveras County Farm Bureau.
Shaun Crook of Tuolumne County is continuing his two-year term, appointed in 2023, as first Vice President. Shannon Douglass remains the organization’s President.
Seven other members were re-elected at the organization’s 106th Annual California Farm Bureau Meeting in Monterey recently. Joe Fischer of Auburn represents District 14, which includes Amador County along with El Dorado, Placer, and Sacramento counties.
The California Farm Bureau works to protect family farms and ranches on behalf of more than 26,000 members statewide and as part of a nationwide network of 5.8 million Farm Bureau members.
