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Directors on the Board are nominated by board members and general membership and are voted upon at the county fall member meeting. Directors serve a three year term. For more information on the vision and mission of the Bureau and responsibilities of the Board, download and review the New Board Member Job Description file to the right.
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PRESIDENT: Bethany Coursen (814) 404-7247 or valleywidefarm@gmail.com
Bethany Coursen, along with her husband Adam, are owners and operators of Valley Wide Farm, a dairy located in Penns Valley. They have been running the dairy for 13 years and currently milk 60 cows in a newly renovated free stall barn with a Lely robotic milker. In addition to running the diary, they crop farm 300 acres of alfalfa, corn and soybeans, as well manage a small cow/calf black Angus rotational grazing operation whereby all of their steers are direct marketed. Bethany frequently hosts school groups and farm tours to help provide agricultural education to consumers. Bethany has been an active member of the Farm Bureau for three years.
Bethany Coursen, along with her husband Adam, are owners and operators of Valley Wide Farm, a dairy located in Penns Valley. They have been running the dairy for 13 years and currently milk 60 cows in a newly renovated free stall barn with a Lely robotic milker. In addition to running the diary, they crop farm 300 acres of alfalfa, corn and soybeans, as well manage a small cow/calf black Angus rotational grazing operation whereby all of their steers are direct marketed. Bethany frequently hosts school groups and farm tours to help provide agricultural education to consumers. Bethany has been an active member of the Farm Bureau for three years.
VICE PRESIDENT: Laura Young (814) 359-6844 or young.lfs@gmail.com
Laura Young was born and raised in Hazleton, PA and graduated from Penn State in 1998 with a B.S. in Horticulture/Plant Science. She completed an International Apprenticeship at Rijnbeek en Zoon Perennial Exporters in Boskoop, South Holland, The Netherlands from 2001 to 2002. Along with her husband Jay, Laura co-owns and operates Young American Growers, a diverse small farm in Spring Mills focusing on the wholesale production of shade perennials, the production of meat goats, and the construction of Christmas Wreaths for shipping and retail sale. Together they also co-own Rising Spring Meat Co. a small scale USDA-inspected slaughter facility in Spring Mills, PA. Laura was one of the founding members of the North Atherton Farmers Market in State College, PA and served as the market President and Manager from 2010-2014, managing one of the fastest growing markets in the region with 30+ vendors. Interested in the promotion of local food, small business and local economy, Laura maintains an active presence in local food and business discussions around the community. In addition to these roles, Laura is also a full time employee at Penn State serving as the Office for Research Information Systems as their Assistant Director and Lead Business Process Analyst for Penn State’s Centralized Application Tracking System (CATS) which houses the protocols and review processes related to the regulatory review of human, animal, biohazards and isotopes research.
Laura Young was born and raised in Hazleton, PA and graduated from Penn State in 1998 with a B.S. in Horticulture/Plant Science. She completed an International Apprenticeship at Rijnbeek en Zoon Perennial Exporters in Boskoop, South Holland, The Netherlands from 2001 to 2002. Along with her husband Jay, Laura co-owns and operates Young American Growers, a diverse small farm in Spring Mills focusing on the wholesale production of shade perennials, the production of meat goats, and the construction of Christmas Wreaths for shipping and retail sale. Together they also co-own Rising Spring Meat Co. a small scale USDA-inspected slaughter facility in Spring Mills, PA. Laura was one of the founding members of the North Atherton Farmers Market in State College, PA and served as the market President and Manager from 2010-2014, managing one of the fastest growing markets in the region with 30+ vendors. Interested in the promotion of local food, small business and local economy, Laura maintains an active presence in local food and business discussions around the community. In addition to these roles, Laura is also a full time employee at Penn State serving as the Office for Research Information Systems as their Assistant Director and Lead Business Process Analyst for Penn State’s Centralized Application Tracking System (CATS) which houses the protocols and review processes related to the regulatory review of human, animal, biohazards and isotopes research.
TREASURER: Mildred Turner MTurner@nwbcorp.com
Millie Turner, a native of Elmira, NY, graduated from Alfred State College with a AAS in animal husbandry, a B.S. in General Agriculture from Murray State University and an M.S. in Animal Industry from The Pennsylvania State University. She worked for the Farmers Home Administration and Farm Service Agency for 30 years, making agricultural and rural housing low income loans. Upon her retirement in 2014, she started working for Northwest Savings Bank as a commercial agricultural lender. Millie is married to JanTurner who works in the poultry industry and has two sons and four grandchildren. Her hobbies include endurance trail riding Morgan horses.
Millie Turner, a native of Elmira, NY, graduated from Alfred State College with a AAS in animal husbandry, a B.S. in General Agriculture from Murray State University and an M.S. in Animal Industry from The Pennsylvania State University. She worked for the Farmers Home Administration and Farm Service Agency for 30 years, making agricultural and rural housing low income loans. Upon her retirement in 2014, she started working for Northwest Savings Bank as a commercial agricultural lender. Millie is married to JanTurner who works in the poultry industry and has two sons and four grandchildren. Her hobbies include endurance trail riding Morgan horses.
DIRECTOR: Andy Bater (917) 270-5193 or switchgrassfarmer@gmail.com
Andy spent nearly thirty years as a radio and television engineer, engineering live concerts and events, directing capital construction projects, managing disaster recovery efforts (9/11 and Katrina), and coordinating regulatory and standards work for the HDTV transition. These days he no longer rides the Amtrak Acela train to D.C., and receives no frequent flyer points for time spent on his Case IH tractor. (Andy comes from a “red tractor” farm family...)
Drawn back to the land, Andy succeeded in buying the single worst farm in PA as the location for the new “green” home that he and his wife Chris have just finished constructing. At the farm, affectionately named “Shale Acres”, he grows switchgrass that he sells to biofuel researchers for densification and biofuel studies, to organic vegetable and fruit growers for mulch, and for animal bedding. Andy looks forward to the day when his entire crop will be sold to one biorefinery, or he can just watch cattle graze his rocky land, that is if they don't tip over and tumble down the hill.
Andy spent nearly thirty years as a radio and television engineer, engineering live concerts and events, directing capital construction projects, managing disaster recovery efforts (9/11 and Katrina), and coordinating regulatory and standards work for the HDTV transition. These days he no longer rides the Amtrak Acela train to D.C., and receives no frequent flyer points for time spent on his Case IH tractor. (Andy comes from a “red tractor” farm family...)
Drawn back to the land, Andy succeeded in buying the single worst farm in PA as the location for the new “green” home that he and his wife Chris have just finished constructing. At the farm, affectionately named “Shale Acres”, he grows switchgrass that he sells to biofuel researchers for densification and biofuel studies, to organic vegetable and fruit growers for mulch, and for animal bedding. Andy looks forward to the day when his entire crop will be sold to one biorefinery, or he can just watch cattle graze his rocky land, that is if they don't tip over and tumble down the hill.
DIRECTOR: Lyn Garling lyn@overthemoonfarm.com
Lyn has been interested and involved in agriculture all of her life. While studying as an undergraduate, she worked on an 80 cow/800 acre dairy farm for 4 years where she got infected with a love of cows. After obtaining a BS in Zoology from the Colorado State University and an MS in Entomology from the University of Connecticut, the rest of her career has centered around agriculture, pest management and public education.
From 1984-1992, Lyn worked at University of California in Santa Cruz as coordinator of the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, a 6-month hands-on residential course in the practice of organic farming and gardening. From 1992-2016, Lyn served at Penn State as program manager for the Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program focusing on IPM outreach education and technical training for growers, pest control professionals, teachers, master gardeners, and urban housing, schools and child care centers on structural pest management. In 1998, Lyn established Over the Moon Farm as owner/operator, a 26 acre grass-based organic farm in Centre County where she produced organic hay and broilers and hogs and turkeys for retail sale at local farmers’ markets. From 2001-2010, Lyn worked as an independent organic inspector for Pennsylvania Certified Organic focusing primarily on dairy farms and rom 2002-2012, she was active in the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, serving several terms on the board of directors as well as Secretary. Presently, she is the market manager of the Boalsburg Farmers' Market.
Lyn has been interested and involved in agriculture all of her life. While studying as an undergraduate, she worked on an 80 cow/800 acre dairy farm for 4 years where she got infected with a love of cows. After obtaining a BS in Zoology from the Colorado State University and an MS in Entomology from the University of Connecticut, the rest of her career has centered around agriculture, pest management and public education.
From 1984-1992, Lyn worked at University of California in Santa Cruz as coordinator of the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, a 6-month hands-on residential course in the practice of organic farming and gardening. From 1992-2016, Lyn served at Penn State as program manager for the Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program focusing on IPM outreach education and technical training for growers, pest control professionals, teachers, master gardeners, and urban housing, schools and child care centers on structural pest management. In 1998, Lyn established Over the Moon Farm as owner/operator, a 26 acre grass-based organic farm in Centre County where she produced organic hay and broilers and hogs and turkeys for retail sale at local farmers’ markets. From 2001-2010, Lyn worked as an independent organic inspector for Pennsylvania Certified Organic focusing primarily on dairy farms and rom 2002-2012, she was active in the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, serving several terms on the board of directors as well as Secretary. Presently, she is the market manager of the Boalsburg Farmers' Market.
DIRECTOR: Rick Homan rick.e.homan@gmail.com
Rick Homan grew up in Rebersburg, PA and worked on his family’s dairy farm, Ev-R-Green Farm. After 26 years in the business, he retired and began working in a different part of the industry, spending the next 17 years working in Agricultural Sales for Monsanto and Hubner Seed Company. Currently he serves as the Executive Sales Representative for Elanco Dairy products, serving dairy producers, dairy nutritionists and veterinarians in 30+ counties across the state of Pennsylvania. rick is a member of the Millheim Lions Club as well as the Secretary and Member of the Penns Valley Area Medical Center Board of Directors.
Rick Homan grew up in Rebersburg, PA and worked on his family’s dairy farm, Ev-R-Green Farm. After 26 years in the business, he retired and began working in a different part of the industry, spending the next 17 years working in Agricultural Sales for Monsanto and Hubner Seed Company. Currently he serves as the Executive Sales Representative for Elanco Dairy products, serving dairy producers, dairy nutritionists and veterinarians in 30+ counties across the state of Pennsylvania. rick is a member of the Millheim Lions Club as well as the Secretary and Member of the Penns Valley Area Medical Center Board of Directors.
DIRECTOR: Allen Ishler (814) 422-8224 or alleni1@aol.com
Allen Ishler and his wife Holly live in Spring Mills, PA and own and operate Egg Hill Farm LLC along with their son Chris. Allen and Chris are third and fourth generation farmers, farming the land farmed by Allen’s grand father Carl and father Ronnie until their retirements. Their farm consists of 148 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat as well as hay. They also do custom farming including manure hauling and large square baling. Allen has served on the Centre County Farm Bureau Board of Directors since 2010 and was elected as the county chapter President beginning in 2015. Allen also serves on the Centre County Conservation Director, is a member of the Penn State Centre County Extension Advisory Committee and is a member on the Potter Township Zoning Hearing Board.
Allen Ishler and his wife Holly live in Spring Mills, PA and own and operate Egg Hill Farm LLC along with their son Chris. Allen and Chris are third and fourth generation farmers, farming the land farmed by Allen’s grand father Carl and father Ronnie until their retirements. Their farm consists of 148 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat as well as hay. They also do custom farming including manure hauling and large square baling. Allen has served on the Centre County Farm Bureau Board of Directors since 2010 and was elected as the county chapter President beginning in 2015. Allen also serves on the Centre County Conservation Director, is a member of the Penn State Centre County Extension Advisory Committee and is a member on the Potter Township Zoning Hearing Board.
DIRECTOR: Tara Mondock tlm78@psu.edu
As Associate Director of Client Relations at Penn State, Tara Mondock is responsible for the planning, implementation, and oversight of Penn State Extension's customer relationship strategy. She directly supervises client relationship managers in each of extension's 10 multi-county areas. The client relationship team builds organizational and brand awareness, supports and expands existing and new client relationships, serves as organizational liaisons, and ensures excellent customer service and satisfaction to our customers. Under Mondock's leadership, this group is ensuring that Penn State Extension continues to deliver science-based education to as many people as possible. Mondock assumed her current position in spring of 2017 with a solid background in business administration and marketing. In July, 2017, she was appointed as the CCAP Fellow, and operates as the leadership liaison between the County Commissioner Association of Pennsylvania and Penn State University. As a member of the Penn State Extension Executive team, she also collaborates with key county and state partners such as Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Prior to joining Penn State Extension, she was Chief Revenue Officer and Senior Vice President for Strategic Partner Sales at eSolutions, a healthcare billing and data analytics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Throughout her career, Mondock has excelled in various sales and sales-management positions. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing from Western Carolina University and is a graduate of Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Executive Program in Leadership. She lives in Lemont, PA along with her husband Marty and three children.
As Associate Director of Client Relations at Penn State, Tara Mondock is responsible for the planning, implementation, and oversight of Penn State Extension's customer relationship strategy. She directly supervises client relationship managers in each of extension's 10 multi-county areas. The client relationship team builds organizational and brand awareness, supports and expands existing and new client relationships, serves as organizational liaisons, and ensures excellent customer service and satisfaction to our customers. Under Mondock's leadership, this group is ensuring that Penn State Extension continues to deliver science-based education to as many people as possible. Mondock assumed her current position in spring of 2017 with a solid background in business administration and marketing. In July, 2017, she was appointed as the CCAP Fellow, and operates as the leadership liaison between the County Commissioner Association of Pennsylvania and Penn State University. As a member of the Penn State Extension Executive team, she also collaborates with key county and state partners such as Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Prior to joining Penn State Extension, she was Chief Revenue Officer and Senior Vice President for Strategic Partner Sales at eSolutions, a healthcare billing and data analytics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Throughout her career, Mondock has excelled in various sales and sales-management positions. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing from Western Carolina University and is a graduate of Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Executive Program in Leadership. She lives in Lemont, PA along with her husband Marty and three children.
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DIRECTOR: Dave Fetterolf fetterolffamilyfarms@gmail.com
Dave is one of the owners and operators of Fetterolf Family Farms, a pasture-raised grass-fed beef operation in the heart of central Pennsylvania. From Fetterolf Family Farms and Nature's Pantry website: "We raise our beef in the most humane and ethical ways possible. Dave has raised cows and pigs his whole life on the same farm our beef products come from now. To see his way of doing things, you’ll know his heart is in farming for more than the profit. Our cows are never crammed into tractor trailers to be dragged away from their land and the only life they’ve ever known. They get to grow up alongside their mothers with the natural milk they were designed to drink, and then on the grass they need and desire to mature. The beef cows stay on our farm from the time they are born, until they are matured and ready for butcher. They live a life of open pastures, secure shelter, clean fresh spring water, and sunshine. No cow is missed under the watchful eyes of Dave and [his father] Donn. They don’t raise more animals than what they can sustainably support, watch over, and meet demand with. When a customer buys our products, we want them to know exactly what they’re getting and how it got there. We will continue to strive to offer what is best for the health of our customers, our animals, and our environment." |
REGIONAL ORGANIZATION DIRECTOR: Justin Clapper jdclapper@pafarmbureau.com
Justin grew up on a 60 head beef cow/calf operation of mostly registered black Angus with some registered Simmental as well in Buffalo Mills, PA. In addition to the cow/calf operation, the family farm also manages about 20 horses of all different breeds. During his time as an undergraduate at Junita College where he graduated with a BS in Business Management in 2013 and until he started working for Farm Bureau, he was farming full time at the family farm. In February of 2017, he became employed with Pennsylvania Farm Bureau as the Region 7 Organization Director. In this role, Justin serves as a liaison and coordinator between the county bureau's and the state bureau. Justin has a great deal of passion for agriculture and continues to be excited about his role with PFB where he is well-positioned to help promote and continue the success of the state of agriculture in our state.
Justin grew up on a 60 head beef cow/calf operation of mostly registered black Angus with some registered Simmental as well in Buffalo Mills, PA. In addition to the cow/calf operation, the family farm also manages about 20 horses of all different breeds. During his time as an undergraduate at Junita College where he graduated with a BS in Business Management in 2013 and until he started working for Farm Bureau, he was farming full time at the family farm. In February of 2017, he became employed with Pennsylvania Farm Bureau as the Region 7 Organization Director. In this role, Justin serves as a liaison and coordinator between the county bureau's and the state bureau. Justin has a great deal of passion for agriculture and continues to be excited about his role with PFB where he is well-positioned to help promote and continue the success of the state of agriculture in our state.
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DISTRICT 6 STATE BOARD MEMBER: Dave Snook
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