FarmHouse International Board

What is the FarmHouse International Board?

This Board is composed of eight alumni members who are elected for 4-year terms at the Biennial Conclave by chapter and association delegates. Two undergrad representatives also serve on the Board, along with the Executive Director as an ex-officio member. The Board is charged with creating the organization's vision/goals, hiring/evaluating the Fraternity's executive director, setting policy and ensuring policies are followed, approving budgets and ensuring fiscal soundness and serving as a resource for chapters and associations. It became an International Board with the chartering of Alberta in 1974.

	Bryce Freeman, President (IA’93) Manufacturing Operations Manager - Procter & Gamble 10125 Cape Anne Columbia, MD 21046 W: (410) 785-4643 E-mail: freeman.bj@pg.com "When I pledged FarmHouse a decade ago, I didn't realize I was making the most important decision of my life. I joined FarmHouse because I admired the men I met, and I shared the values of good fellowship, scholarship, service, and excellence. I lived with tremendous leaders, top athletes, talented scholars, and the best friends I will ever know. Older members helped me with my classes, got me involved on campus, and helped me succeed at Iowa State. FarmHouse is an organization that truly cares for its members, helping them achieve the best in their chosen lines of study as well as in life. FarmHouse has been Building Men for almost 100 years, and I am so thankful I made the choice to join. I will never be able to repay FarmHouse for all it has given me."
	Garry Weston, Vice President (KY ’97) Network Development Manager - Central Baptist Hospital 222 Bolivar Street, # 217 Lexington, KY 40508 W: (859) 260-6253 E-mail: garry.weston@bhsi.com "Joining FarmHouse has been one of the greatest decisions that I have made thus far in my life. On a daily basis I am reminded of the impact FH has had on my personal and professional lives. I truly believe that FarmHouse gave me a world of opportunity, both literally and figuratively, and I intend to give back to the Fraternity for the rest of my life, remembering that FarmHouse is a lifelong commitment."
	Ron Vaske (SD'87) Attorney with Lindquist & Vennum 2621 Virginia Ave South St. Louis Park, MN 55426 W: 612-371-3215 E-mail: rvaske@lindquist.com "Pledging FarmHouse has been one of the best decisions of my life.  As a pledge, I had no idea how dramatically and positively FarmHouse would affect me, but I soon learned that FarmHouse is a remarkable organization.  As an undergraduate, FarmHouse introduced me to the most talented and respectable  people I have ever known .  Now, as an alumni member, FarmHouse  helps me to maintain the lifelong friendships I developed with my fraternity brothers in college. One of my most rewarding FarmHouse experiences has been serving as an advisor to the Minnesota chapter  and seeing the positive affect FarmHouse continues to have on building men . I am honored to serve FarmHouse on the International Board and look forward to the challenges and rewards it will bring."
	Rick Munson (KS '73) farmer/stockman, retail store co-owner, real estate company co-owner 1520 Oakridge Drive Junction City, KS 66441 P: 785-238-3610 E-mail: munson@nqks.com "When I was a Freshman at Kansas State University, I went through informal rush during the fall semester. I wasn't too sure what fraternity life was all about, but most of the fraternities that contacted me appeared to live up to all of the negative sterotypes of a "frat," but FarmHouse was different. Not only did it have a different name, but they stressed scholarship and not drinking, brotherhood and not parties........really different. Not only did I live with friends who became true brothers to me, but I had the privilege to live with a collection of some of the greatest guys. And then there were the alumni! Five years after graduation I was elected to the Kansas State FarmHouse Association Board. This opened up a whole other experience beyond college where I've interacted with university leaders, faculty and administration as well as business and industry leaders all over the country, and we all have a special bond as members of FarmHouse Fraternity. In my experience being in FarmHouse doesn't end with college graduation. The best and most significant part is--the life long friends or "brothers" that are established long after active membership. And as an alumni servant, I continue to grow as a leader and as a man."
	Travis Park (PU '92) Assistant Professor - Cornell University 245 Virgil Road Dryden, NY 13053 W: 607-255-2207 E-mail: tdp9@cornell.edu "FarmHouse has been the single most important adventure that aided in developing me into a productive citizen in our democracy. The friends from FarmHouse, the lessons learned, and the opportunities gained from my association with FarmHouse are, and continue to be priceless. FarmHouse is a great fraternity that builds great men."
	Lee Murphy (AU'80) 2953 Lee Road 42 Opelika, AL 36804 W: 334-887-9549 E-mail: lnmurphy@juno.com
	Cameron Dunlap (NM'93) Systems Engineer - Lockheed Martin 17520 Tierra Alta Las Cruces, NM 88011 C: 505-649-1882 E-mail: fhopie@hotmail.com " When I was a junior at NM State, I moved into FarmHouse just looking for a room...Oh, and I had to join the fraternity too.  In my mind, the word fraternity ginned up images of boys in togas trying to consume all the alcohol available in as short as time as possible.  I'd already had lived that life my first two semesters, and I figured I'd stay in the house just until a dorm or an apartment became available, and I'd be done with the fraternity.  As I learned what FarmHouse was about, my interest was peaked, but still didn't want much to do with the fraternity.  As the semester drew on, I saw how the brainchild of seven Missouri men (at that time, almost 90 years beforehand) was put into practice for the men at NM State.  Pretty soon, my neighbors became my friends, and a semester later, they became my brothers.  All of a sudden "Fraternity" had a whole new meaning...not a group of friends, not a college club, but a way of life.  In the years since, I've had the opportunity to meet these men who were and are such a positive influence to the people and the world around them.  For me, being on the FarmHouse International Board is part selfish and part service.  Service in return for the lessons and blessings I've received from those influential FarmHouse men.  And selfish, because I'm hoping that being around men of this quality more often will hopefully get me closer to the man God made me to be.  We'll see if it worked in four years.  :)"
	Jeff Norris (TT'89) Vice President/Controller for First Ag Credit 6009 76th Street Lubbock, TX 79424 W: 806-783-9336 E-mail: jnorris@agmoney.com "As I look back, I can see that FarmHouse has influenced my life in so many ways. I joined during the junior year of my undergraduate career because I respected the men in our local church group, and I wanted to enjoy the rest of my college career while making some friends in the process. FarmHouse became so much more than that. I feel that I was encouraged and built up by my brothers and am a better person, husband, friend, and brother today from my involvement in FarmHouse. FarmHouse teaches a way of living that involves a lifelong commitment of building men - not only at Texas Tech, but to everyone that I meet. The lifelong friendships that I made continue to keep me accountable to serve God and man. I would gladly give of my time and talents to serve the brotherhood; and therefore, I gladly accept my responsibility and the honor to serve FarmHouse on the International Board."
	Wright Stallings (NC'06) 115 Park Avenue Raleigh, NC 27605 E-mail: wstalli@ncsu.edu
	Stefon Beechinor (AB '06) RR1 Bentley Alberta, Canada T0C 0J0 E-mail: beechy4@hotmail.com