Welcome back Oregon State University!
I hope everyone had a wonderful summer. The Agricultural Executive Council had a busy and fun summer, but now its time for us to focus on the new school year ahead and all that we have planned for the year. My fellow council and I were elected last May at the last meeting of the year. Since this is a new year I would like to introduce the Agricultural Executive Council to you so that you can get to know us a little better. Lets kick this year off right with some introductions! We are excited to build a partnership with everyone and make this a great year!
August Peterson- President
Duties: Organizing and running Council meetings for both the officers and for the body at large. He is also responsible for running and organizing a couple of events throughout the year. These include the Ice-cream social and the Etiquette Dinner.
Major: Double Major in Agricultural Science and Political Science
Goals: Help organize extracurricular learning activities related to agriculture and to grow club membership through strong and meaningful outreach.
Hometown: Ione, Oregon
Fun Fact: He spent a year living in Mexico during elementary school.
Kayla Rushing- Vice President
Duties: Put together the industry tour and preside over meetings in the absence of the president.
Major: Animal Science with an option in Animal Production
Goals: She hopes to be able to put together an amazing industry tour for everyone to enjoy.
Hometown: Oakland, Oregon
Fun Fact: Her dream day is playing with goats, eating some cheese, then driving the jeep wrangler to go to a Toby Keith concert and then getting to meet him.
Monica Debord- Director of Correspondence
Duties: Her job is to send out emails, take minutes from the meetings and see track of Battle of the Aggie points.
Major: Agricultural Science with an emphasis in Agricultural Education
Goals: For the clubs to know what exactly is going on for each event.
Hometown: Damascus, Oregon
Fun Fact: She started a summer camp for students in her area to learn more about Agriculture.
Shelbie Mason- Director of Finance
Duties: She manages the budgets for all of the officers.
Major: Animal Science with an option in Animal Production, but she is thinking about becoming a high school Ag teacher or a county extension agent.
Goals: Be involved with the clubs and all of the events so she can get to know everyone better.
Hometown: Cave Junction, Oregon
Fun Fact: She had brain surgery her freshman year of college.
Erika Lepschat- Director of Public Relations
Duties: She manages the social media platforms, helps support the officer team when needed, and plans the CAS Dance.
Major: Agricultural Science with an emphasis in Education and a minor in Leadership
Goals: Get more followers on all of the social media platforms and have some interactive posts.
Hometown: Banks, Oregon
Fun Fact: She hates watching balloons float away in the sky and she received her American FFA Degree last October.
Katelyn Wetzler- Director of Ag Days
Duties: To coordinate and plan Ag Days
Major: Animal Science with an option in Animal Production
Goals: She hopes to plan an exciting and fun Ag Days for everyone to enjoy!
Hometown: Clackamas, Oregon
Fun Fact: She has never been outside the US, but if she could go anywhere she would go to France.
Mikayla Unger- Director of New Fields
Duties: I manage the New Fields Blog and publish articles for the Source through CAS. I communicate activities and information about the college and Ag Exec to the OSU community.
Major: Animal Science with a minor in Agricultural Business Management and Spanish
Goals:I hope to make a strong connection with the OSU community and CAS through the blog posts and article publications that I write to help gain support and involvement with the activities we will put on this year.
Hometown: Dallas, Oregon
Fun Fact: My brother and I rode on the world’s largest sling shot while in Florida last December.
Katie and Raisa- Advisors
Duties: Provide support and professional development to the Ag Exec Officers.
Background:
Katie: She has a Bacheor’s degree in Psychology and German and a Master’s and PhD in Educational Policy and Leadership with a focus on International and Comparative Education. Her position at the College of Agricultural Sciences is Experiential Learning Program Coordinator.
Raisa: She got her Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting in Barcelona, then came to OSU to get her Master’s in Education with Ethnic Studies and Foreign Languages and Literature as minors. She is currently a PhD student in Education part of the LEEP program. She also teaches Spanish at the college.
Goals:
Katie: One goal for the year is to make the Ag Exec Council feel more inclusive and welcoming for all clubs and members.
Raisa: She hopes to enhance the learning and professional opportunities for the students in the College of Agricultural Sciences through all the activities and events that Ag Exec provides.
Hometown:
Katie: She is originally from Massachusetts, but spent most of her childhood in Ohio. She completed her graduate work at Ohio State University and was a professor at Iowa for two years before moving to Oregon.
Raisa: She is from Barcelona, Spain. She also lived on the island called Mallorca for 12 years. She moved to Oregon 3 years ago and she loves it.
