Kenneth Dierschke of San Angelo became president of Texas Farm Bureau in December 2002. He was elected to the TFB Board in December 1996, and became vice president in 2000. In January 2003, he was elected to the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors. Dierschke raises cotton, milo and wheat. He has served on the Tom Green County FB board since 1975, with one term as president and on TFB's Blue Ribbon Goals, Resolutions, and Cotton Advisory committees. Read more about President Dierschke.

Bobby Nedbalek
Vice President
State Director, District 13

Bobby Nedbalek of Sinton was elected to the TFB Board in December 2003 and elected as vice president in 2006. Nedbalek is in a family farming operation with his sons and is a cotton, grain sorghum and cattle producer. He has served as president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of San Patricio County FB. He also organized the Ag in the Classroom two-day event for all fourth graders in San Patricio County.

Lewis Lehman
Secretary-Treasurer
State Director, District 7

Lewis Lehman of Bangs was elected to the TFB Board in December 2003 and elected as secretary-treasurer in 2007. Lehman has been a farmer all his life in Brown County and is a wheat, oats, hay and cattle producer. He has served on the Brown County FB board since 1985, including serving seven years as president. He has also served on the state resolutions committee on two occasions as well as serving three years on the state hay and forage committee.

Billy Bob Brown
State Director, District 1

Billy Bob Brown of Panhandle was elected to the TFB Board in December 2005. Brown is a fourth generation farmer raising irrigated and dryland wheat, cotton and seed milo. From 1982 to present, he has been a Carson CFB board member, where he was serving his fourth term as president when elected to the TFB Board. Brown has served as a member of the TFB Wheat Advisory and Project 2000 committees.

Dewey Hukill
State Director, District 2

Dewey Hukill was elected to the TFB Board in December 2006. Hukill is a cotton, corn and wheat farmer from Olton. He has served as president and vice president of the Lamb County FB and also served on various TFB commodity advisory committees. Hukill established Agri-Gold, Inc. in 1985 with partner Royce McFadden. He was named "2006 Man of the Year" by the Olton Chamber of Commerce.

Larry Pratt
State Director, District 3

Larry Pratt of Eliasville was elected to the TFB Board in December 2005. Pratt raises cattle, wheat, oats and coastal hay on his Young County farm. He also does custom farming and provides area ranchers with a hay and feed store. Pratt has served as a Young CFB board member since 1972 and as president of the board since 1991. He was honored with the Outstanding Farmer and Rancher Award in 1976.

Charles Ray Huddleston
State Director, District 4

Charles Ray Huddleston was elected to the TFB Board in December 2006. Huddleston, a fourth generation farmer, is a wheat, corn and sorghum producer from Celina. He has served as president and secretary of the Collin CFB. Huddleston was involved in AgLead II, the State Resolutions Committee and the TFB Natural Resources Advisory Committee. He has received the DuPont Leadership Award and Conservation Farmer of the Year, among others.

Dan E. Shelton
State Director, District 5

Dan E. Shelton of DeKalb was elected to the TFB Board in December 2007. Shelton's principal crops are Tifton 44 Bermuda hay and forage. He also raises registered Angus and Commercial replacement females and bulls. Shelton works alongside his sons and, together, they have helped maintain the farm on the original home place portion of their current operations, spanning more than 100 years. Shelton has served as president and vice president of the Bowie CFB and continues to serve on the county board.

Gary McGehee
State Director, District 6

Gary McGehee of Mertzon was elected to the TFB Board in December 2002. McGehee is a sheep, goat, cattle and wildlife producer. He served on the Tom Green County board for 12 years. He has also served as chairman of the sheep and goat committee and the wildlife committee. He serves on the American Farm Bureau Federation Sheep and Goat Committee.

Richard Cortese was elected to the TFB Board in December 2006. Cortese is a grain and livestock producer from Little River Academy.

Jay V. Snook Jr.
State Director, District 9

Jay Snook of Livingston was elected to the TFB Board in December 2007. Snook and his wife invest their efforts in full time ranching, timber production, operating a cow-calf operation and rental property management. Snook has held various offices at the Polk CFB including president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and chairman of various committees. He was instrumental in organizing the first Ag Day in Polk County in 2004.

Raymond Meyer of Pleasanton was elected to the TFB Board in December 2006. Meyer and his wife own a cow/calf operation and produce hay for their operation. He served as president of the Atascosa County Farm Bureau for 15 years.   He served on all county committees, including twice on the State Resolutions Committee. He organized the Ag in the Classroom Day in Atascosa County.

Thomas L. Paben
State Director, District 11

Thomas L. Paben of Waller was elected to the TFB Board in December 2005. Paben, a Waller CFB farmer since 1972, is a corn, cow-calf and hay producer. He has held several officer positions with Waller CFB and also served on the YF&R, Peanut Advisory, AFBF Peanut, and Resolutions committees. Paben was awarded TFB's Outstanding Young Farmer and Rancher award in 1978.

Arthur L. Bluntzer of Goliad was elected to the TFB Board in December 2002. Bluntzer, who served the United States Air Force as an academic instructor and supervisor of instructors, is a commercial cow/calf producer in Goliad and DeWitt counties. He served six years as president of the Goliad County Farm Bureau.