Sheffield state representative Latham named as new executive director of Iowa FFA Foundation

SHEFFIELD — A state legislator from Sheffield is being named the new executive director of the Iowa FFA Foundation.

Shannon Latham  says she brings 30 years of experience spanning business, government and communications to her FFA responsibilities. Latham says she’s thrilled to be giving back to an organization that had a profound impact on her life.  “In fact, my FFA advisor is the one who led me toward an agricultural career path,” she says. “He took me to my college visit at Iowa State. He introduced me to the major of agricultural journalism just because he knew all of the things that I was interested in when I was in high school.”

In addition to her FFA duties, Latham says she will continue in her role as a state representative.

There are 20,500 members in the Iowa FFA program in some 270 chapters statewide.