Board of Directors
Janet McCabe
President
Janet has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 2011 and has served as President since 2017. McCabe has been a County Farm Bureau Certified Director since 2022.
Gerry Kopping
Vice-President
Gerry Kopping has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 2004 and serves Vice-President
Ruth Zeldenrust
Secretary/Treasurer
Ruth Zeldenrust has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 2013. Zeldenrust has been a County Farm Bureau Certified Director since 2022 and currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer and Chair of the Audit and Governmental Affairs Committees.
Dan Biernacki
Board Member
Dan Biernacki has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 2008 and serves on the Commodities and Marketing Team.
James Bloomstrand
Board Member
James “Jim” Bloomstrand has been a member of the Cook County Board of Directors since 2013.
Roger Freeman
Board Member
Roger Freeman was elected to the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors in 2016 and has been a County Farm Bureau Certified Director since February 2023.
James Gutzmer
Board Member
Our hearts go out to the Gutzmer family as well as the extended Farm Bureau family as we mourn the recent passing of Board Member and past president, Jim Gutzmer.
Pat Horcher
Board Member
Pat Horcher has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 1994.
Todd Price
Board Member
Todd Price has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau Board of Directors since 2018.
Mike Rauch
Board Member
Mike Rauch has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 2003 and is the former Vice-President.
Greg Stack
Board Member
Greg Stack has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 2022. Stack has became a County Farm Bureau Certified Director in August 2023 and is the Chair of the Ag Literacy Team.
Mark Yunker
Board Member
Mark Yunker has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 2001.
CCFB Presidents Through the Decades
H.A. Dooley
1920 - 1920
Gus Termunde
1921 - 1921
Herman Schwake
1922 - 1924
D.A. Nietfeldt
1925 - 1925
Herman Schwake
1926 - 1926
D.A. Nietfeldt
1927 - 1933
H. W. Adair
1934 - 1942
Jacob Ouwenga
1943 - 1946
L.W. Pohlman
1947 - 1951
Charles Erickson
1951 - 1956
Henry Eichholz
1957 - 1970
Leonard Schultz
1970 - 1976
Norman Strassenburg
1976 - 1978
James Goebbert
1978 - 1984
Howard Paarlberg
1984 - 2000
Ray Nykaza
2000 - 2003
Harold Stuenkel
2003 - 2006
James Brandau
2006 - 2010
James Gutzmer
2010 - 2017
Janet McCabe
2017 - Present
CCFB Managers Through the Decades
C.E. Durst
1920 - 1926
Farm Advisor
O.G. Barrett
1926 - 1943
Farm Advisor
C.H. Mills
1934 - 1958
Organization Director
G.W. Blanchard
1958 - 1960
Secretary of Organization
Melvin Hayenga
1960 - 1965
Secretary of Organization
Larry Miller
1965 - 1968
Executive Secretary
Gordon Fox
1968 - 1980
Manager
Alden P. Kilian
1980 - 1999
Manager
Robert A. Rohrer, CAE, FBCM
1999 - Present
Manager