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Tim Landgraf, PFI Board President

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• 2008 Board Meetings

Practical Farmers of Iowa is governed by a 12-person board of directors. PFI's bylaws require that 10 of the 12 Board members be farmers; this provision has been important in keeping the organization focused on its farmer members' priorities. Two farmer directors are elected from each of the organization's five Iowa districts. The other two board members are friends of farmers, elected from the membership at large.

The PFI Board of Directors: 1. Determines the PFI mission and purpose; 2. Provides guidance on our programs and services (using PFI's extensive feedback from the membership at large); 3. Ensures that PFI has adequate resources for its programming; 4. Serves as the main "public face" for the organization; 5. Provides proper financial oversight; 6. Selects the Executive Director; 7. Supports the Executive Director and reviews her performance; 8. Guides the development of the PFI Strategic Plan; 9. Ensures legal and ethical integrity and maintains accountability; and 10. Recruits and orients new board members and assesses its own performance.

2011 Practical Farmers of Iowa Board of Directors (District)