Full Name
Shannon Douglass
Job Title
President
Company
California Farm Bureau
Speaker Bio
Shannon Douglass was elected president of the California Farm Bureau in December 2023, having previously served three terms as first vice president.
Douglass has served as director of the Glenn County Farm Bureau and as chair of the CAFB Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) State Committee. She is a graduate of the Leadership Farm Bureau program and participated in the American Farm Bureau Federation Partners in Advocacy Leadership program. She won the California YF&R
Discussion Meet in 2007 and is a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership Program.
Douglass is a proud alumna of the East Nicolaus FFA Chapter. Her deep-rooted commitment to agricultural education continues today, as a member of the California FFA
Foundation Board of Directors, an advisory committee member for Hamilton City FFA and an FFA mom.
Her Farm Bureau service has also included numerous Farm Bureau committees at the state and national levels.
She is an owner of Douglass Ranch, which raises beef cattle, walnuts, sunflowers, pumpkins, corn, and forage crops in Orland. Additionally, she co-founded CalAgJobs, an online listing of employment opportunities in California agriculture. Douglass serves on the Glenn County Fair Board of Directors and is a former director of the Glenn County Resource Conservation District.
Her previous experience includes serving as a consultant on ag career awareness and talent recruitment, and lecturing on agricultural topics at both Butte College and California State University, Chico.
Douglass earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and a master’s degree focused on agricultural policy, each from CSU Chico.
Douglass has served as director of the Glenn County Farm Bureau and as chair of the CAFB Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) State Committee. She is a graduate of the Leadership Farm Bureau program and participated in the American Farm Bureau Federation Partners in Advocacy Leadership program. She won the California YF&R
Discussion Meet in 2007 and is a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership Program.
Douglass is a proud alumna of the East Nicolaus FFA Chapter. Her deep-rooted commitment to agricultural education continues today, as a member of the California FFA
Foundation Board of Directors, an advisory committee member for Hamilton City FFA and an FFA mom.
Her Farm Bureau service has also included numerous Farm Bureau committees at the state and national levels.
She is an owner of Douglass Ranch, which raises beef cattle, walnuts, sunflowers, pumpkins, corn, and forage crops in Orland. Additionally, she co-founded CalAgJobs, an online listing of employment opportunities in California agriculture. Douglass serves on the Glenn County Fair Board of Directors and is a former director of the Glenn County Resource Conservation District.
Her previous experience includes serving as a consultant on ag career awareness and talent recruitment, and lecturing on agricultural topics at both Butte College and California State University, Chico.
Douglass earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and a master’s degree focused on agricultural policy, each from CSU Chico.
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