Kelsey Turner of Bellevue has been named leadership development program specialist for Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, as part of the organization’s newly created Strategic Partnerships department. She will be working with the Young Agricultural Professionals, Youth Pathway and Agricultural Literacy programs. Turner assumes some of the responsibilities of Melinda Witten, who was recently promoted to senior director, leadership development for Ohio Farm Bureau.

Turner was most recently employed with the Bellevue City School District and as the Columbus-area market manager with Witten Farm Market and Greenhouse. She received her bachelor’s degree in agribusiness and applied economics from Ohio State University and now attends Ashland University, where she is working toward an MBA in entrepreneurship.

She is a native of Seneca County, where her family’s grain and maple syrup operation, Sugarwood Family Farms, is. She and her husband, Evan, are members of the Seneca County Farm Bureau, active participants in Ohio Farm Bureau’s Young Agricultural Professionals program, and are both volunteers for their 4-H club, Spirit of ’76. Turner is a church council member and deacon for Zion United Church of Christ in Bellevue, where she also volunteers with local mission projects.

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