Casey Denk of the Mondovi FFA Chapter was elected to a year of service as the 2022-2023 Wisconsin FFA State FFA President during the 93rd Wisconsin FFA Convention. Her advisors are Darin Gray and Shauna White. Casey’s parents are Mark and Tammy Denk.

Denk is currently attending UW-River Falls majoring in Agriculture Business with a minor in Animal Science and hopes to use her degree to stay active in the agriculture industry and the family farm, which served as the inspiration for her supervised agricultural experience programs. Throughout her FFA Career, she has developed placement projects in both beef production and sheep production, while also showing at the Buffalo County Fair and helping other exhibitors to shear sheep and learn about showmanship.

In between her work on the family farm, Casey has also developed a robust career in the Mondovi FFA, serving as a chapter officer for three years as well as the chair for both Food for America and the fruit sale. She competed in the agronomy and livestock career development events and remains active in organization at the collegiate level to continue to expand her industry experience.

“Throughout my time in FFA, I learned to be comfortable and confident and not to fear new situations,” Denk states. She looks forward to spending her year giving members opportunities to grow in similar ways, so that she can “serve as a leader and role model for young members” the way others did for her.