OFA is governed by an 18-member elected Board of Directors consisting of Ontario farmers from across the province. Directors represent 15 geographical zones across Ontario with 3 holding at-large positions. Directors are elected for a three-year term. The President and two Vice President positions are elected for a one-year term each year at the organization’s annual meeting in November.
Elected Directors
Keith Currie – President, Zone 13 – Peel, Simcoe and York
Peggy Brekveld – Vice President – Director-at-Large
Mark Reusser – Vice President, Zone 9 – Dufferin, Waterloo and Wellington
Drew Spoelstra – Executive Member, Zone 5 – Halton, Hamilton / Wentworth, and Niagara North & South
Louis Roesch – Director, Zone 1 – Essex and Kent
Pat Jilesen – Director, Zone 2 – Bruce and Grey
Larry Davis – Director, Zone 3 – Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk
Melissa Schneider – Director, Zone 4 – Elgin and Oxford
Don McCabe – Director, Zone 6 – Lambton and Middlesex
Brent Royce – Director, Zone 7 – Huron and Perth
Debra Pretty-Straathof – Director, Zone 8 – Arnprior, Lanark, Ottawa and Renfrew
Steve Brackenridge – Director, Zone 10 – Durham, Peterborough and City of Kawartha Lakes/Haliburton
Jackie Kelly-Pemberton – Director, Zone 11 – Dundas, Frontenac, Grenville and Leeds
Bruce Buttar – Director, Zone 12 – Hastings, Lennox & Addington, Northumberland & Prince Edward
Rejean Pommainville – Director, Zone 14 – Stormont, Glengarry, Prescott and Russell
Mark Kunkel – Director, Zone 15 – Algoma, Cochrane, Dryden, Kenora, Manitoulin-North Shore, Muskoka, Nipissing East & West, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury East & West, Temiskaming & Thunder Bay
Crispin Colvin – Director-at-Large
Hugh Simpson – Director-at-Large