Structure & Trustees

Luke Zerby has been a lifelong FFA supporter; a commitment instilled in him by his FFA dedicated family.  During his school days, Mr. Zerby was a member of West Snyder FFA where he competed in many Career Development Events (CDEs) including Parliamentary Procedure at the National level and Public Speaking at States for three years. Additionally, Mr. Zerby’s Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Projects included breeding sheep, market lambs, breeding beef, market beef, market hogs, and alfalfa. After high school, Mr. Zerby served as President of the 1998-99 Pennsylvania FFA State Officer Team.  Since then, he has continued to volunteer with local chapters to help with coaching or judging CDEs.  He is also an active member of the Pennsylvania FFA Alumni and the Case New Holland Industrial (CNHi) FFA Alumni Chapter.  Mr. Zerby is the Brand Marketing Manager for Precision Land Management of New Holland North American and currently serves on the Penn State Stockman’s Club Board of Directors. 

Mr. Zerby resides in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, with his wife and baby daughter. 

He currently works in Washington D.C. serving as the Director of Government Affairs and Sustainability for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. He was born and raised on a small family farm. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, where he now serves of the Dean's Leadership Council Advisory Board. Prior to attending law school, he served both the agricultural marketing and business development teams at Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Zachary also received his Bachelor of Science in agricultural education from Delaware Valley University. He still actively volunteers with 4-H and FFA and routinely judges livestock exhibitions and, is a proud alumni of Penn State RULE program.

PJ Adam proudly began his FFA career as a member of Selinsgrove FFA competing in various Career Development Events, showing livestock, and leading the chapter in various officer roles. State Officer life followed chapter life as he served as Pennsylvania FFA State President in 2008. Mr. Adam participated in collegiate FFA while attending Penn State as an Ag Ed major.  Now, as the operations manager for Weikel Busing, he proudly participates in providing transportation for all State FFA Activities and Washington Leadership Conference for National FFA through Weikel Busing. Mr. Adam has received several professional awards including Top State Safe School Bus Driver in 2016, Top 20 Safe School Bus Drivers Internationally 2016, and is an Honorary Member of Juniata FFA.  Previously, Mr. Adam has served on the boards of the Selinsgrove and Juniata County Ag Advisory Committees, TSA Bus Safety Committee, and the NHTSA Schools Highway Safety Board.  

Mr. Adam and his wife Alyssa currently live on the family farm where they have raised cows, pigs, and chickens over the years.  For the last 10 years, he and his wife Alyssa have managed two Career and Leadership Development Events for the Big E. Mr. and Mrs. Adam have two children. 

Chloe Patrick holds the title of Contract and Council Director at PennAg Industries. Patrick runs the Poultry Council and committees, the Equine Council, and is serving as Executive Director for the Pennsylvania Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence. Previously, Chloe was a broiler flock supervisor. Her passion for ag-vocacy has been developing since her days in 4H. In 2023, Chloe joined the PA FFA Board of Trustees. In her time away from the office, Chloe is busy farming with her husband, hitting the trails with her horses and English Springer Spaniel, Dove or dabbling in either the garden or kitchen.

Katie McLaughlin grew up on a small beef farm outside of Mifflintown. She was a member of the Juniata FFA Chapter where she participated in Career and Leadership Development Events and held officer positions. She served as a State FFA Officer on the 2014-15 state officer team and on the Pennsylvania FFA Association Board. Katie joined our board in 2019 and previously served as Chairperson for the fundraising committee. Katie previously served as Deputy Communications Director at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. She now is the Public Relations Specialist at The GIANT Company, handling external affairs. 

Greyson Smith grew up in Lebanon County and worked on several Dairy farms throughout PA and NY early in his career. In 2016, he graduated from Penn State with an Animal Science Degree. Greyson currently lives in Lancaster and works for Land O’Lakes Inc. as a Dairy Field Rep in Southeastern PA and the surrounding states. 

Hannah Masser is currently employed at MidAtlantic Farm Credit (a strategic partner of the Foundation) as a lending manager. She also serves as a member of the Farm and Home Center Board. In her free time, Masser enjoys spending time with her adorable dog, Winston. She also enjoys working on home improvement projects, traveling, and hiking/backpacking in the mountains across the country. Hannah currently serves as the Fundraising Committee Chair.  This is her third year on the board.

Krystal Wasson grew up on a dairy farm in State College.   She currently resides in Centre Hall with her husband and daughter on their small crop farm. Wasson was an active member of the State College Little Lions FFA, serving as chapter President her senior year, and achieving her American Degree.  During her FFA career she participated in several CDE's and represented Pennsylvania at the National FFA Convention in Employment Skills.  After graduating, she has volunteered with local chapters as a coach for CDE teams, judged regional public speaking LDE's and served as a judge for National FFA Proficiency Awards.  Wasson graduated from the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences in 2015.  She is currently employed as an Agricultural Lending Officer at Northwest Bank.

Roarke Miller grew up spending a lot of time on his family’s beef farm in Annville, Pennsylvania. He was actively involved in the local 4-H and was a member of the Little Dutchmen FFA chapter at Annville-Cleona High school. During his time in FFA he participated in various Career and Leadership Development events and held officer roles withing the chapter. He served as the PA State Sentinel on the 2018-2019 state officer team. He is currently employed by Fulton Bank, where he serves as an Ag Relationship Manager. In his spare time, Roarke and his fiancé enjoy doing small home improvement projects, spending time outside with family and friends, and traveling.

My name is Madison Kurtz. I grew up raising dairy and beef animals. I currently work as a lender for Horizon Farm Credit and recently graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in Agribusiness Management. I have shown in 4-H since I was 8 years old and FFA since my freshman year in high school, showing, dairy cattle, beef cattle, and pigs. I was the FFA chapter president and reporter at Pine Grove High School.

Jessie Shafer is an agriculture education teacher and FFA advisor at Salisbury Elk-Lick Jr./Sr. High School Somerset County. Mrs.Shafer and her husband Ryan currently live on the family farm where they raise commercial cattle, registered Shetland sheep, feeder pigs, and keep a flock of layer hens.  In the summer months Jessie judges livestock at county and state fairs across Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia,and  West Virginia and helping her daughters show sheep through clover buds. Jessie’s passion is advocating for agriculture in the classroom & the showring as well as being a wife & proud mommy of two.

Kelly Herbick is the Area Leader for the northeast region, including PA, DE, MD, NY and the New England states. In her role she is responsible for leading the Pioneer Seed and Corteva Crop Protection teams in delivering innovative solutions to our customers. The northeast team embodies collaboration working closely together to deliver the best experience in agriculture to our customers. 

After graduating from Penn State University in 2008 with a Degree in Agroecology, Kelly began her career with Syngenta Crop Protection as a Sales Representative in Upstate New York then as Agronomic Service Representative in Wisconsin. In 2014, she joined DuPont Pioneer as a Field Agronomist in northern Wisconsin transitioning to Corteva by way of merger. Her career with Corteva includes roles as Technical Product Manager, Area Digital Services Manager, and Area Digital Sales Leader.  Kelly has spent the past 16 year working with customers and business partners to understanding challenges, identify opportunities and deliver solutions that bring value to the industry. 

Kelly and her husband, Will are parents to 4 children, and reside in central Pennsylvania. In their spare time, the Herbick’s enjoy school sports, hiking the PA trails, spending time outdoors, and participating in community events.