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The Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education (ILCAE) has just announced their 2021 Annual and Advocacy Award winners as follows:
| Annual Award |
Recipients |
| Bill Johnson Excellence in Education |
Tom Ramage, President, Parkland College |
| Excellence in Agribusiness |
Karen Schieler, Senior Corporate Giving Specialist, Compeer Financial |
| Excellence in Media |
Jim Taylor, WRMJ Aledo & RFD Illinois |
| Jim Guilinger Legislative |
Senator Patrick Joyce, 40th District
Representative Avery Bourne, 95th District |
| Perry Schneider Special Recognition |
John Edgar, Assistant Executive Director, Illinois FFA Center
Kimberlee Kidwell, Associate Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Advocacy Award winners by FFA and IAVAT district
| District |
Name |
Title |
School |
| 1 |
Scott Petrie |
Superintendent |
Mercer County School District #404 |
| 2 |
Mark Schneidewind |
Manager |
Will County Farm Bureau |
| 3 |
Dwight Stricklin |
Superintendent |
Lincoln Community High School District #404 |
| 4 |
Adam Clapp |
Principal |
Monticello High School |
| 5 |
Patrick Keeney |
Superintendent |
Lebanon Community Unit School District #9 |
The ILCAE Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, December 10, 2021, in the Compeer Financial Building, 1303 Leslie Drive, Bloomington. Registration form Due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, our capacity for the meeting is 30 individuals in-person limiting attendance to ILCAE members, award winners, and state staff. We have unlimited capacity for individuals that would like to join virtually. After registering, a Zoom link will be sent prior to the meeting.
9:30 am - Welcome
11:45 am - Awards Luncheon
3 pm - Adjourn
Tentative Meeting Agenda
All individuals that have an interest in improving and expanding agricultural education are invited to attend this ILCAE Annual Meeting.
ILCAE was formed in 1984 governed by a 30 member board of directors who represent and serve as a link between the agricultural industry and agricultural education. ILCAE is an advocacy group focused on legislation, funding, and promotion of agricultural education and serves as an advisory council for the initiatives of the Agricultural Education line item. ILCAE is responsible for the vision of Agricultural Education thru the Illinois Agricultural Education Plan.
Sincerely,
Allyn Buhrow - ILCAE Chair
Greg Webb - ILCAE Vice Chair
Michael Zecher - ILCAE Secretary
Dean Dittmar - ILCAE Executive Director
(sent to all contacts)
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Dean Dittmar
Facilitating Coordination in Ag Education (FCAE)
Phone: 217-893-0091 Cell: 618-604-1622
Email: ddittmar@ILAgEd.org
Address: 3358 Big Pine Trail , Champaign, IL 61822
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