State Board of Directors
The 2022 State Board of Directors of the PA Farm Bureau are elected by county members and represent 54 county Farm Bureaus in 16 districts across PA.
PA Farm Bureau is one of 51 state Farm Bureaus that make up the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). All 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, have state and county boards of directors, which fall under the umbrella of the board of directors at the national level in AFBF.
Chief Officers of the State Board of Directors
State Board of Directors by District
* Executive Committee Member | Underline indicates home county
James Barbour*
District 1
State Board Director
Susquehanna, Wayne/Pike, Wyoming/Lackawanna
Don Buckman*
District 2
State Board Director
Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton/Monroe
Howard Robinson
District 3
State Board Director
Berks, Chester/Delaware, Montgomery
Charlie Porter
District 4
State Board Director
Columbia, Luzerne, Schuylkill/Carbon
John Painter II
District 5
State Board Director
Bradford/Sullivan, McKean/Potter, Tioga/Potter
Andy Bater
District 6
State Board Director
Centre, Clinton, Lycoming
Clair Esbenshade
District 7
State Board Director
Montour, Northumberland,
Snyder, Union
Rick Leese
District 9
State Board Director
Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton
Larry Cogan
District 11
State Board Director
Bedford, Blair, Somerset
Marty Yahner
District 12
State Board Director
Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana
Ray McMinn
District 13
State Board Director
Armstrong, Clarion/Venango/Forest, Elk, Jefferson
William Thiele
District 15
State Board Director
Beaver/Lawrence, Butler, Mercer
Gretchen Winklosky*
District 16
State Board Director
Fayette, Greene,
Washington, Westmoreland
