For Immediate Release -- September 13, 2016
FFA Chapter Officers Living To Serve

Officers of the Collinsville FFA chapter participated in the 2016 Oklahoma FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training Conference, September 13, at the Glenpool Conference Center in Glenpool, Okla.

The eight state FFA officers planned and conducted this year's conference based on the theme, "The Bottom Line." Elected officers from each of the 85 high school FFA chapters in the northeast district attended leadership training designed to equip their teams with exciting tools to help them best serve their chapters during the school year.

Rhett Laubach, Edmond, was the keynote speaker for the conference. Laubach, state FFA president in 1992-93, is an accomplished professional speaker and leadership coach.

"We are asking chapter officers to examine the foundation of what makes being a chapter officer so unique and special," said Cale Jahn, state FFA president. "Then we are going to discuss how to engage our members to create success at the local. state and national FFA levels."

Officers attending from the Collinsville chapter were:
President - Katsy Smalygo
Vice President - Julie Branen
Secretary - Kaylyn Branen
Treasurer - Bailee Nunes
Reporter - Destiny Bump
Sentinel - Daniel Kaiser
Advisor - Jennifer Hamlin

COLT Conference is sponsored by Public Service Company of Oklahoma as a special project of the Oklahoma FFA Foundation. FFA is an integral part of the agricultural education division of the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech Education. There are 27,166 Oklahoma FFA members in 359 high schools statewide.