The 95th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference was held in Ames, April 16-18, to help celebrate Iowa’s FFA members through contest, awards, workshops and networking. The leadership conference attracts more than 6,000 FFA members, advisors, parents and guests each year.

Sam Martin, the 2022-23 Iowa FFA president, from the Davis-Rodgers FFA chapter, dropped the gavel during the first general session. Following opening ceremonies, he welcomed everyone to the conference.

Students participated in the annual service project with Meals from the Heartland, packaging nearly 250,000 soy-based meals to be distributed to the hungry in Iowa and abroad. FFA members also heard from several inspiring speakers, including a keynote from Chris Norton, a Bondurant, Iowa, native who suffered a spinal cord injury while playing for the Luther College football team.

Chapter delegates elected the officers for the 2023-24 year. They are:

These officers will travel across the state of Iowa speaking with FFA members, presenting leadership camps and workshops, as week as traveling around the United States representing the organization.