Kansas City, MO — December 8, 2025 — It takes a poised and driven student leader to transform student experiences and support peer development. Agriculture Future of America (AFA) selected 12 college students from across the country to serve on the 2026 Student Advisory Team. They are dedicating a year to supporting their peers, creating safe environments and empowering industry growth to ensures AFA continues developing the kind of talent agriculture needs to thrive.
Members of the AFA Student Advisory Team take on real-world responsibility. They lead from the front: facilitating sessions, supporting event execution, guiding their peers and empowering an inclusive industry. Their role requires a proactive mindset, strong communication skills and a deep commitment to servant leadership.
"These students represent the very best in food and agriculture,” says Michael Curry, AFA Program Manager, Student Leaders and Selection. “They were selected because they consistently demonstrate character, curiosity and a servant-leader mindset.”
AFA’s Student Advisory Team represents the highest standard of student leadership within the organization. During their year of service, the team will facilitate AFA Leader Institutes, host AFA Leaders Conference and connect with our partners.
About Agriculture Future of America (AFA)
AFA builds bridges for young leaders to foster engagement and innovation in food and agriculture through premier leader and career development experiences. With program participation increasing 28% in the last five years, AFA has provided 26,000 leader development experiences to college leaders and young professionals from more than 200 colleges and universities throughout 43 states since its inception in 1996. AFA has awarded more than $11.5 million in academic and leader development scholarships. For more information about AFA, visit agfuture.org.
Group Picture: Front (L-R): Grace Dunseth, University of Tennessee – Knoxville; Adrianna Meyer, The Ohio State University; Sofia Hernandez, Purdue University; Ana Sierra, California Polytech State University – San Luis Obispo; Molly Dillingham, North Carolina State University; Abigail Commodore, North Carolina State University. Back (L-R): Ben Goldstein, Louisiana State University; Jacob Savela, University of Minnesota; Nithin Gudderra, North Carolina State University; Alexis Ator, Michigan State University; Chloe Ecord, Fort Hays State University. Not Pictured: George Wilson, University of Tennessee – Knoxville.
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Adrianna Meyer, Chloe Ecord, Nithin Gudderra, Sofia Hernandez, Grace Dunseth, Jacob Savela, Ana Sierra, Molly Dillingham, George Wilson, Ben Goldstein, Abigail Commodore, Alexis Ator