NYFB Staff
Administration
Deanna Fox
Chief Executive Officer
dfox@nyfb.org
Lisa Ovitt
Executive Manager
518-431-5628
lovitt@nyfb.org
Laura Backaus
Mailroom and Copy Specialist
518-431-5619
lbackaus@nyfb.org
Events
Laurie Beach
Director of Events
518-431-5614
lbeach@nyfb.org
Paula Rohl Administrative Assistant 518-431-5613 prohl@nyfb.org
County Relations & Development
Region 1
Tim Bigham
Manager & Training Specialist
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Steuben
Phone: 716-474-6585
tbigham@nyfb.org
Region 2
Amanda Krenning-Muoio
Manager & Insurance Agent
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans, Wayne, Wyoming
Phone: 585-504-8308
akrenning@nyfb.org
Region 3
Bailey Coon
Manager
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga, Otsego, Oswego, Tioga
Phone: 518-937-0566
bcoon@nyfb.org
Region 4
Mark James
Manager
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
Cayuga, Chemung, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Yates
Phone: 585-738-0242
mjames@nyfb.org
Region 5
John Wagner
Director & Insurance Agent
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida
Phone: 315-761-9770
jwagner@nyfb.org
Region 6
Natally Batiston
Manager
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Washington
Phone: 518-937-0269
nbatiston@nyfb.org
Region 7
Todd Heyn
Manager & Training Specialist
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
Delaware, Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan
Phone: 518-431-9338
theyn@nyfb.org
Region 8
Renee Ciardi
Manager
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development and Young Farmers & Ranchers Coordinator
Albany, Columbia, Dutchess-Putnam-Westchester, Greene, Orange,
Rockland, Ulster
Phone: 518-461-8659
rciardi@nyfb.org
Region 9
Lauren McGrath
Manager
County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Oueens, Richmond, Suffolk
Phone: 631-599-0230
County Support Offices
Felicia Dougherty
County Support Representative
Phone: 518-431-5650
eny@nyfb.org
Jill Williamson
County Support Representative
Phone: 518-431-5670
jwilliamson@nyfb.org
Member Services
Michele Bates
Manager of Workers' Compensation Services
mbates@nyfb.org
Lucy Tefft
Safety Group 486 Customer Service Representative
ltefft@nyfb.org
Emma Rose Wegner
Safety Group 486 Customer Service Representative
ewegner@nyfb.org
Public Policy
Jeff Williams
Director of Public Policy
jwilliams@nyfb.org
Renee St. Jacques
Senior Associate Director of Public Policy and Promotion & Education Coordinator
rstjacques@nyfb.org
Katherine Slye-Hernandez
Senior Associate Director of Public Policy
kslye-hernandez@nyfb.org
Ashley Oeser
National Affairs Coordinator
aoeser@nyfb.org
Kyle Wallach
Associate Director of Public Policy
kwallach@nyfb.org
Member Advocacy & Insurance
Partner Relations
Scott Keyes
Director of Member Advocacy & Insurance Partner Relations
skeyes@nyfb.org
Thomas Denman
Associate Director, Membership Development and Engagement
518-431-5606
tdenman@nyfb.org
Travis Virgil
Membership Database Analyst
tvirgil@nyfb.org
Lisa Glueck
Member Engagement Specialist
lglueck@nyfb.org
Communications
Vacant
Director of Communications
Brooks Brown
Assistant Director of Communications
bbrown@nyfb.org
Seth Moser-Katz
Assistant Director of Communications for Content Creation and Digital Media
smoser-katz@nyfb.org
Finance
Deb Remy
Chief Financial Officer
518-431-5622
dremy@nyfb.org
Marcy Smith
Accounting Specialist
518-431-5624
msmith@nyfb.org
Carol Rightmyer
Membership Systems Coordinator
518-431-5617
crightmyer@nyfb.org
Foundation for Agricultural Education
Lisa Ovitt
Executive Manager
518-431-5628
lovitt@nyfb.org
mailto:trap@nyfb.org
