ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER GRAIN TALK 16 Your Grain Farmers of Ontario Team Here is our next installment of profiles of your Grain Farmers of Ontario staff to help introduce you to the team. Meghan McLeod Member relations coordinator Meghan McLeod joined Grain Farmers of Ontario in November 2024 as the member relations coordinator, a new role created to strengthen and enhance membership engagement. Since November, she has been playing a supporting role in January District Meetings as well as coordinating events such as the Women’s Grain Symposium and Grains in Action. McLeod graduated from Conestoga College in June 2021 with a diploma in public relations. Since graduating, she’s been involved with several non-profit organizations, including Junior Farmers and her local 4H Association (Durham West). McLeod’s passion for agriculture started at a very young age, being involved with showing Clydesdale horses with her family and being a member of the Durham West 4H Association and Junior Farmers. More recently, she has become more active in her local Federation of Agriculture and her fiancé’s family beef farm. McLeod is excited to connect more with farmer-members and foster important connections in the agriculture industry. Executive committee re-elected At the February Board of Directors meeting, Jeff Harrison, director of District 12 (Durham, Northumberland, Kawartha, Peterborough, Hastings), was re-elected chair; Julie Maw, director of District 3 (Lambton) and Josh Boersen, director of District 9 (Perth) were re-elected as vice chairs; and Steve Twynstra, director of District 4 (Middlesex) was re-elected as executive member. Directors returning to the Board are Grace Pearson, District 1 (Essex), Gus Ternoey, District 2 (Kent), Jeff Barlow, District 6 (Haldimand, Brant, Hamilton, Niagara), Angela Zilke, District 7 (Waterloo, Oxford), Keith Black, District 8 (Huron), Steve Lake, District 10 (Grey, Bruce, Wellington), Leo Blydorp, District 11 (Dufferin, Simcoe, Halton, Peel, York), Lloyd Crowe, District 13 (Prince Edward, Lennox, Addington, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds, Grenville, Renfrew, Ottawa), and Scott Fife, District 14 (Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry). New Board members include Ann Vermeersch, District 5 (Elgin, Norfolk) and Jason Seed, District 15 (Northern Ontario). Grain
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