Beau Williamson: National FFA President 2006–07
California · No. 80 of 100 · National FFA President 2006–07
At a Glance
- Office: National FFA President, 2006–07 (No. 80 of 100)
- Home state: California
- State office: California FFA State Sentinel, 2005–06
- Elected at: The 79th National FFA Convention, the first held in Indianapolis (2006)
Beau Williamson was elected National FFA President in the fall of 2006, at the first national convention held in Indianapolis after nearly a decade in Louisville. He had been a California state officer the year before. The public record available for this site on his later life is limited, so this page covers what is documented.
From State Sentinel to National President
Minutes of the California FFA State Executive Committee from April 2006 list Williamson as that year’s State Sentinel, one of the officers on the 2005–06 California team. By the fall he had been elected to lead the national team.
A California Visit, April 2007
The California FFA State Executive Committee minutes for April 12, 2007 record that Williamson, as National FFA President, and national secretary Kacy Baugher brought greetings from the 2006–07 national officer team and expressed their pleasure at being in California. It is a small but useful record of how national officers spend a year: visiting state associations, including their own.
California on the List
When Breanna Holbert of Lodi was elected national president in 2017, California FFA noted that she was the seventh Californian elected since 1928. Williamson is one of the six who came before her, alongside Robert Bowman, Jan Eberly, Dane White, Tim Hammerich and Levy Randolph.
The Year in Context
- The organization’s history timeline lists the 2006 convention, the 79th, as the first held in Indianapolis, with 54,589 attending.
- By 2007, FFA membership had passed 500,000.
What the Record Does Not Show
The sources found for this site do not describe Williamson’s chapter, education, career or later life, and we will not guess. California FFA records and local newspapers are the likeliest places to find more, and we welcome documented additions.