FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MADISON – Katie Mattison has been hired by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation as the new district coordinator in northwestern Wisconsin.
Mattison will be responsible for working with county Farm Bureaus to develop and implement programs to serve Farm Bureau members and to coordinate membership recruitment and retention efforts.
“I am excited about the opportunity to join the WFBF staff and work side by side with members in District 9 to promote agriculture,” Mattison said.
Mattison will serve Farm Bureau’s District 9, which includes the counties of Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and St. Croix, as well as the Superior Shores Farm Bureau, made up of Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas and Iron counties. Mattison begins her duties on May 27.
“Katie’s Farm Bureau training and her experience working in agriculture will be useful as she assists county Farm Bureau leaders in northwest Wisconsin, as well as the collegiate Farm Bureau chapter at the UW-River Falls campus,” said Bob Leege, Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Executive Director of Member Relations.
Mattison grew up near Amery in Polk County and is a graduate of UW-River Falls with a degree in agricultural business. She has worked in agricultural lending for Badgerland Financial, Bremer Bank and WESTconsin Credit Union.
Mattison is a 2013 graduate of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Institute leadership course, and represents the District 9 region on the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Agriculturist Committee. She will be based in Menomonie.
She succeeds Wendy Kannel, who was recently named the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom Coordinator and Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Director.
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is the state’s largest general farm organization, made up of 61 county Farm Bureaus, with members representing farms of every size, commodity and management style.
