ALUMNI COUNCIL UPDATE
Staying Connected During COVID RACHELLE ANTINETTI (42), ALUMNI COUNCIL VICE CHAIR
OF THE COUNTLESS LESSONS AG LEADERSHIP TAUGHT ME, THE MOST VALUABLE HAS TO BE THE GIFT OF SELFLESSNESS. MAKING THE TIME TO GIVE AND SHARE WITH OTHERS IN THE WORKPLACE, IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR HOMES, IS THE ULTIMATE REWARD FOR ME. IN 2020, I FOUND THAT THE MOMENTS REALLY COUNTED. ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WAS SHARING IN THE JOY OF MEETING RICH PETERSON (25) AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, DOTTIE. RICH WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE 2020 PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SAFELY DELIVERING HIM HIS AWARD. RICH IS A SERVANT LEADER AND HAS COMMITTED MANY YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO SERVING HIS COMMUNITY.
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Rich Peterson (25)
HORIZONS MAGAZINE WINTER 2021
2020 has brought about circumstances many of us thought would only have occurred in history or in the movie business. Many of us have really had to dig deep this year and put some of those Ag Leadership lessons to use. We have been challenged to think outside the box on ways to stay engaged with our teams, families and friends. I miss the last-minute dinner invites, date nights with my husband, cups of coffee with friends and summer baseball games with my kids. I miss in-person Ag Leadership Alumni Council meetings, hosting recruiting events and interviewing candidates for the next “best” class. Staying connected During COVID has been a gift. I appreciate text messages from Ag Leadership classmates in our group chats, phone calls to alumni who were fellows in the early years of the program and meeting new alumni on First Fridays webinars with Director of Education Shelli Hendricks. I am thankful for this Horizons magazine that comes in the mail and the emails from Liza Robertson and Deanna van Klaveren (32) with updates and activities in our regions. I am so thankful for our new president and CEO, Dwight Ferguson and executive vice president, Abby TaylorSilva (45), who have big plans, big ideas and big goals on taking CALF to a whole new level that all alumni and future fellows will appreciate and enjoy. Here are some updates from CALF alumni throughout the state. My positive thoughts and prayers for you and your family are a healthy and prosperous 2021!
