Officers of the Konawa FFA chapter participated in the 2021 Oklahoma FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training Conference Aug. 31 at the LifeChurch in McAlester.

The eight state FFA officers planned and conducted this year’s conference based on the theme, “Lead Up.” Elected officers from each of the 79 high school FFA chapters in the Southeast area attended the conference, which equipped each student with leadership tools that focused on specific officer duties and leading when one is unsure what to do

Rhett Laubach, Edmond, Oklahoma, was the keynote speaker for the conference. He is an accomplished professional speaker, leadership coach and served as state FFA president in 1992-1993.

“Oklahoma FFA is such an incredible organization because of the natural leadership that is found in our membership,” said Dalton Rogers, state FFA president. “As an association we want to make sure that those officers elected to serve on the local level are prepared to “Lead Up” within their chapters. Expressing to the best of their abilities the leadership that our association is best known for.”

Officers attending from the Seminole chapter were Payton Irick, President; Jimmy Gentry, Vice President; Daphne Lamoureux, Secretary; Caylee Caudill, Treasurer, Chandler Anderson, Reporter; Duncan Bennet, Sentinel and Amber Day, Adviser.

COLT Conference is sponsored by Public Service Company of Oklahoma as a special project of the Oklahoma FFA Foundation. FFA is an integral part of the agricultural education division of the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech Education. There are 24,269 Oklahoma FFA members in 365 high schools statewide. For more information visit www.okffa.org.