Keynote Speaker
Joby Young
This year’s Opening Session Keynote Speaker will be Joby Young.
We are excited to announce that Joby Young, Executive Vice President of the American Farm Bureau Federation, will be our Keynote Speaker at the 2024 PFB Annual Meeting Opening Session being held Sunday, November 17 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Joby will speak on a wide array of subjects, including what resources AFBF has to offer members and the importance of membership at the county, state and national level. He will also discuss the importance of county farm bureaus’ engagement with their communities and congressional members/staff and how that engagement helps move the needle in the right direction to successful bill passage.
Joby leads the AFBF staff, managing across all departments to achieve the goals of the President and Board of Directors and fulfill AFBF’s mission. Joby has more than a decade of experience in food and agriculture policy, from the halls of Congress to the Executive Branch. He served as Chief of Staff to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue after serving in that same role for the Deputy Secretary and several USDA offices. He also previously served as Chief of Staff in the House of Representatives and as a consultant in the private sector.
Be sure to come to the Opening Session and hear Joby’s informative keynote address.
Dr. Troy Ott
This year’s Banquet Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Troy Ott.
Dr. Troy Ott, Dean of Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences will be our Keynote Speaker at the 2024 PFB Annual Meeting Banquet being held Monday, November 18 from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Dr. Ott is Professor of Reproductive Biology and C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences. For the last year he has served as Interim Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State. Prior to his current position, he was Associate Director with Huck. Starting July 1st, Ott was appointed Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State.
Dr. Ott will speak about his new role as Dean and how collaboration between Penn State and Farm Bureau is important for the future of agriculture.