
Board Members & Staff

miranda blagg
Miranda has been a Farm Bureau Member since 2021. She works for the Dairy Council of California.
Young Farmers and Rancher s Chair

Matt Frank
President
Matt has been a Farm Bureau member for six years. He is currently the Senior Director of Vineyard Operations at Trinchero Family Estates in the Roseville area.

pat kirby
Secretary/Treasurer
Pat has been a Farm Bureau member since 2017. He currently works for A.L. Gilbert and is from Wilton.

Ken has been a Farm Bureau member since 1995. He currently raises turkeys and farms walnuts in Elk Grove. Ken also serves as the district 14 Director for California Farm Bureau.
ken mitchell
Board Member

dan roemer
Board Member
Dan has been a Farm Bureau member since 1990. He currently manages Roemer Farms where he farms hay and has an annual pumpkin patch in Sacramento.

mike wackman
Board Member
Mike has been a Farm Bureau member since 1990. He is the owner and winemaker at McConnell Estates Winery. Mike is a proud member of the Ag Foundation Board.

ken oneto
Executive Member
Ken has been a Farm Bureau member since 1994 and is the past Sacramento County Farm Bureau President. Ken farms a diversified crop system called KLM ranches in Elk Grove.

michael neuharth
Board Member
Michael has been a Farm Bureau member since 2019. He manages his family's diversified crop farm, Steamboat Acres.

mike tudesko
Board Member
Mike has been a Farm Bureau member since 1990. He raises cattle on his family ranch under the name Tudesko Ranch in Sloughhouse.

Walt hardesty
1st Vice President
Walt has been a Farm Bureau member since 2004. He manages his family's cattle ranch in Elk Grove and produces under the name WH Beef.

jerry spencer
2nd Vice President
Jerry has been a Farm Bureau member since 2003. He works for Van Vleck Ranching and Resources Inc. out of Rancho Murieta.

virginia hemly-chhabra
Board Member
Virginia has been a Farm Bureau member since 2008. She currently manages Greene & Hemly packing shed in Courtland. Her most recent endeavors has her making pear and apple cider for a new tasting room.

john kyle quinn
Board Member
John Kyle Quinn has been a Farm Bureau member since 2019. He is currently working as a sales representative for Ag Seeds Unlimited.

jim vietheer
Board Member
Jim has been a Farm Bureau member since 2007. He works at an angus cattle ranch under the brand HAVE ANGUS in Wilton.

amber mcdowell
Executive Director
Amber has been a Farm Bureau member since 2007. She started as a county YF&R, served 3 years on State YF&R Committee, and worked 4 years as a Program Assistant at San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation. She has been the Executive Director at Sacramento County Farm Bureau since 2022.

Russell van loben sels
Board Member
Russell has been a Farm Bureau member since 2004. He is a pear, wine grape, and row crop farmer in Courtland.