Attention: Oklahoma Media
YOU ARE INVITED TO A MORNING WITH
American Farm Bureau Federation President
Bob Stallman
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2005
Please join us at the OFB State Office at 2501 N. Stiles Ave. in Oklahoma City from 9:30 a.m. through lunch.
9:30 a.m. ………………………… Eminent Domain Legislative Task Force Hearing in Senate Chamber, Fourth Floor. Testimony by AFBF President Stallman
10-11 a.m. ………………………. “Town Hall” Meeting with County FB Presidents
11 a.m. …………………………… Press
Conference with President Stallman
11:30 a.m. ……………………….. Lunch
RSVP by Aug. 24 with Director of Corporate Communication Sam Knipp at (405) 523-2347.
All media are encouraged to be apart of this event.
Bio for AFBF President Bob Stallman:
Bob Stallman, President
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bob Stallman, a rice and cattle producer from Columbus, Texas, is serving his third term as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation’s largest and most influential general farm organization. The 11th president in the organization’s history, Mr. Stallman was first elected president on Jan. 13, 2000. He is the first AFBF president to hail from the Lone Star State.
Prior to becoming AFBF President, Mr. Stallman was president of the Texas Farm Bureau, a position he held since 1993. He became a member of AFBF’s board of directors in 1994. Mr. Stallman served on various committees and boards during his tenure on the AFBF board of directors, including chairman of the Audit Committee and chairman of the 1998 Farm Economy Committee. He also sat on the International Trade Advisory Committee.
A 1974 honors graduate of the University of Texas, Mr. Stallman joined the family farm operation in 1975. He quickly assumed leadership roles in Farm Bureau, joining the board of directors of the Colorado County (Texas) Farm Bureau in 1977. He eventually served in all officer positions for the organization, including president.
In addition to Farm Bureau involvement, Mr. Stallman has been selected to serve on various state and federal committees. In 1996, then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush appointed Mr. Stallman to the Citizen’s Committee on Property Tax Relief. That same year, Mr. Stallman was appointed by then-House Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts to the Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture, a panel that proposed recommendations on farm policy for Congress and the administration.
In 2002, Mr. Stallman began serving on the board of directors for the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF), an organization highly regarded for the role it plays in the debate on tax and environmental policy issues. In September 2001, he was appointed to serve on the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade (APAC), which provides the Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative information and advice on trade negotiating objectives. Mr. Stallman began a two-year term in June 2001 on the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP), the State Department’s principal advisory panel regarding international economic issues. In Spring 2001, he began serving on the board of trustees for the Farm Foundation, a nonprofit organization that improves the well being of U.S. agriculture and rural people. In addition, he serves on the Advisory Board of the World Agricultural Forum, an independent organization that encourages open debate and discussion of international food, fiber and fuel issues.
Mr. Stallman is a member of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture Development Council and a life member of the University of Texas Ex-Students’ Association. He has served as co-chairman of the Texas Agriculture Summit. He also served on the executive committee of the Texas Rice Task Force.
Mr. Stallman was the recipient of the Texas A&M "Friend of Agriculture" award in 1999. In 1986, he was chosen "Man of the Year in Agriculture" by the Columbus (Texas) Rotary Club.
A member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Columbus, Texas, Mr. Stallman is married to Stacey Lynne Bryan. He has two daughters who reside in Houston, Texas: Kimberly Willingham and son-in-law Daniel; and Angela Kulhanek, who is a registered nurse, son-in-law Devin, and two granddaughters, Ashley and Brooke.