Cultivating Leaders
Webinar: AFA Alumni on the Journey to the Top
AFA student experiences give students the tools to build meaningful careers by preparing students to navigate career changes and empowering them to lead forward. Four AFA Alumni have taken the lessons they learned as college students to be influential leaders in the agriculture industry. Four AFA Alumni join the Cultivating Leaders Webinar series to share how their experiences with AFA shape the way they show up, build relationships and navigate their careers today. From attending AFA Institutes and Leaders Conference as students to stepping into meaningful leadership roles across agriculture, each panelist has continued to build on the skills, connections and confidence they developed early on. Joining The Cultivating Leaders Webinar: Chase DeCoite - Senior Vice President, Food Industry Relations at the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Brooke Clay Taylor - Chief Operating Officer at Empire Ag Emily Peters - Director of Marketing and Sales at Union Pacific Railroad Amanda Martin - President and CEO of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation This conversation will explore the value of professional relationships, making the most of opportunities and developing the people skills that become increasingly important as your career grows. Panelists get real about the challenges, lessons and tools that helped them move from emerging professionals into influential mid-career leaders. Dive Deeper: www.agfuture.org/news/career-lessons-from-afa-alumni
