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Heavin elected president of Indiana FFA Foundation
Karen Nelson Heavin of Greencastle has been elected to serve a one-year term as president of the board of directors for the Indiana FFA Foundation.
Heavin, a highly experienced community leader and effective FFA and agriculture education champion, currently serves as student services coordinator for the Area 30 Career Center in Greencastle, where she teaches career and college development, English ECA remediation
She also serves as Area 30's career pathway coordinator to high school juniors and seniors from Cloverdale, Eminence, Greencastle, North Putnam and South Putnam.
A former member of the South Putnam FFA Chapter in District VII, Heavin served as Indiana FFA Association state president in 1991-92. She is a recipient of the Hoosier Farmer Degree and American FFA Degree.
"I am honored to have been selected as president of the Indiana FFA Foundation and am looking forward to my year of service," Heavin said. "Our board is committed to growing partnerships in an effort to support the students of Indiana's largest youth organization."
Besides Heavin's leadership role with Indiana FFA, she serves as a Warren Township trustee in Putnam County, as a Putnam County Community Foundation Board director and is chairman of the Putnam County Lilly Scholarship Selection Committee.
The Franklin College graduate is married to Dr. Anthony Heavin, M.D. They have two boys, Garrett and Brock.
The Heavins also operate a 130-acre Putnam County cattle farm with her father, Darywn Nelson.
In addition to Heavin, other newly elected FFA Foundation officers are John Bradley, division manager for CSX Transportation, and Raylee Honeycutt, marketing coordinator for CountryMark, as vice president and secretary, respectively.
Bryan Webb, an accountant for Damping Technologies, was re-elected treasurer.
The Indiana FFA Foundation is the fundraising arm of the Indiana FFA organization, which provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to more than 10,000 student members in grades 7-12 who belong to one of 200 local FFA chapters across Indiana.