INDIANAPOLIS – The National FFA Foundation recently announced its new 2025 Sponsors’ Board members. The board is made up of top corporate executives who wish to support agricultural education and the National FFA Organization. During their three years of service, board members play a vital role in advising the National FFA on opportunities to improve agricultural educational programs, secure funding, and seek continued development of the next generation of leaders.

Aaron Wetzel has been named the 2025 Sponsors’ Board chair. He currently serves as vice president of production & precision ag production systems at John Deere. With over 35 years at John Deere, Wetzel’s career has evolved through various roles including finance and accounting, sales, marketing, product management, and manufacturing. Wetzel is an FFA alumnus from Charleston, Ill.

John Deere is a longstanding supporter of FFA, having its own John Deere FFA Alumni and Supporters chapter.

“It’s a privilege to be named board chair for the next year, and I look forward to implementing my many years of agricultural industry experience to further the program growth of National FFA,” Wetzel said. “I’m committed, as is the entire staff at John Deere, to the success of National FFA, its programming, and its current and future FFA members.”

In addition to Wetzel being named the board chair, the following nine board members for 2025 are:

• Adam Backer, vice president, regional marketing manager for NAU Country

• Carrie Ballew, chief procurement officer for Domino’s

• Rebecca Camara, vice president, human resources for Valent U.S.A. LLC

• Jamie Eichorn, head of crop sales N.A. for Syngenta

• Roland Fumasi, EVP & North American regional Hhad, RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness for Rabo AgriFinance

• Shannon Kellner, vice president, Livestock for Merk Animal Health

• Raquel Koehler, CEO & president for Rural Media Group

• Adam Ross, vice president of Talent Management, vice president - dealer & customer support NA for Bunge

• Danielle Waterworth, AG/Global Service & Maintenance Development for CNH

“The future of agriculture is in the hands of our students, and the National FFA Foundation is built so that our partnerships with individuals, business and industry allow us to further secure resources for the future of agricultural education and FFA,” said Molly Ball, president of the National FFA Foundation. “I look forward to the success of our new board and how they’ll continue to bring immense growth to the foundation.”