The 2024 OAC Fall Meeting is scheduled for November 15 at OSU’s Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center.
More Than You Can Imagine – Ohio 4-H and Ohio FFA
Join us to discover the strategy and positioning of these organizations impacting today’s youth. Your will hear from…
Ohio 4-H – Crystal Ott, Ohio 4-H Foundation Director
Crystal Ott is the Director of the Ohio 4-H Foundation leading the board for the past six years. Prior to taking on this role, she worked in the State 4-H Office doing 4-H programming and began her career at The Ohio State University working in the Athens County Extension office. In the past six years, Crystal and her team have led the Ohio 4-H Foundation Board in connecting with alumni all around the state, raising $819,319 for 4-H Celebration of Youth, growing the marketing efforts of the Ohio 4-H program, and other fundraising support to continue to make the best better. She also led the development of the Clovers to Careers magazine highlighting the impacts 4-H has on future career development and lifeskills as 4-H members grow into adults. Crystal is a 4-H alumna from Licking County and is a proud third-generation 4-H’er. Crystal has passed along her love and passion for 4-H to her two children who are now also 4-H members here in Franklin County.
Ohio FFA – Amy Jo Baughman, Ohio FFA Foundation Executive Director
Amy Jo Baughman is the Executive Director of the Ohio FFA Foundation. Amy Jo grew up on her family’s small Suffolk sheep farm in Fayette County, Ohio. She was active in 4-H and FFA and attended The Ohio State University where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. She then worked professionally in CFAES with prospective and current students as part of the Academic Programs Team and then with alumni and donors with the advancement team before moving into her role with the Ohio FFA Foundation last year. Amy Jo and her husband Brett have a two-year-old son, Abel and a six-month-old daughter, Bexley who keep them busy and endlessly entertained.
Meeting Agenda:
- NEW! 10:00 am: Jack Nicklaus Museum tour (optional)
- 11:30 am: Registration
- 12 Noon: Lunch
- Featured Speakers – Crystal Ott, Ohio 4-H Foundation, and Amy Jo Baughman, Ohio FFA Foundation
- 1:30 pm: Adjourn
Cost & Registration:
- Members & Member Guests: $37
- Non-Members: $50
- Jack Nicklaus Museum tour (optional): $12 at museum door
NEW! Additional Networking Opportunity PRIOR TO the Fall Meeting
Our lunch time meetings always go too quickly…so in addition to the luncheon meeting – to allow more time for networking and enjoyment – please join us at the Jack Nicklaus Museum at 10 am that morning to tour this fantastic gem on Ohio State’s campus just a short distance from the Ohio 4-H Center and the location of our luncheon meeting. Learn more about Ohio’s Golden Bear as you tour along with other Ohio Ag Council members and guests. Each individual may pay the $12 entry fee upon arrival at the museum. Then, when your tour has concluded, plan to make your way to the Ohio 4-H Center for the regular fall meeting and luncheon. Please indicate your interest when completing the online registration for the Ohio Ag Council Fall Meeting. We hope to see you there! Click here for additional information about the museum.