Emerald Sigma Alpha Sorority
Times September 2019
Sigma Alpha Sorority Welcomes Megan O’Connell as the new Emerald Times Editor Megan O’Connell, an alumna of the Alpha Phi Chapter at Fresno State, has accepted the opportunity to be the first editor of the Emerald Times.
City, Missouri where she is a Marketing Specialist for the Midwest and Central Regions.
Born and raised in California, she was introduced into agriculture through FFA when she was a pre-teen. Never knowing anything about it, she soon fell in love with learning and exploring the different facets of agriculture.
Megan joined Sigma Alpha her freshman year. While active, she served as Treasurer and President for two terms at her chapter. She continued to serve on the National Board as Treasurer in 2017, Outreach Director in 2018 and has now taken on a volunteer position of Editor in 2019. Megan lives with her fiancé, Craig, and their black Labrador, Buddy. Together, they are planning to get married next May in Weston, MO.
During her time in the FFA, she competed in various speaking competitions, which helped her find her confidence and her voice for telling the story of agriculture. Because of this, she graduated from California State University of Fresno in 2017 with a degree in agricultural communications. After graduation, she moved to Delaware and started her career in Public Relations in the garden industry. Now she resides in Kansas
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