Minnesota Beef Council CEO Kelly Schmidt was a state FFA officer in 1998-1999. “I have wonderful memories from it and still draw on experiences I had through that year, everything from leadership development to networking,” said Schmidt. “I still see people to this day that I met through that experience close to 25 years later and that really stands out as one of the highlights of my FFA experience; there were many many good things but that was definitely a highlight.” Schmidt’s home FFA chapter was Tracy FFA in southwest Minnesota. The chapter advisor at the time was Paul Skoglund who is now a member of the Minnesota FFA Hall of Fame. “I very often tell people he was absolutely one of the mentors of my life.” Click here to listen to the full interview with Schmidt.
