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.
Pat Horcher
Board Member
Pat Horcher has been a member of the Cook County Farm Bureau® Board of Directors since 1994.
Blake Lanphier
Board Member
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