Breanna Holbert: National FFA President 2017–18
California · No. 91 of 100 · National FFA President 2017–18
At a Glance
- Office: National FFA President, 2017–18 (No. 91 of 100)
- Home state: California
- Distinction: First African American woman to serve as National FFA President
- Chapter: Tokay High School FFA, Lodi, California
- Later work: Not documented in the public sources this site could reach
Breanna Holbert of California was National FFA President in 2017–18 and, according to FFA, became the first African American woman to hold the office. FFA’s profile in its history series says she began agricultural education at Tokay High School in Lodi, California, and served as a chapter officer, section officer and chapter president.
From Freshman Elective to the National Stage
The profile describes Holbert as a self-described ethnic girl from an urban area
who signed up for agricultural education as a freshman to help her grades and did not expect it to change her life. It also says she did not initially see herself as “presidential.” Holbert recalls speaking to a class of African American students at a Georgia chapter, where a student told her she gave hope to girls like her, and she says that made her proud that others would follow.
Her Year of Service
FFA’s newsroom asked Holbert at the end of her term to name the best part of her year as National FFA President. According to FFA’s write-up, she answered simply: the members. FFA’s timeline also marks 2017 as the year of her election.
FFA Around This Term
Breanna Holbert followed David Townsend and was succeeded by Luke O'Leary in the line of national presidents.
FFA’s own history timeline records these developments in the surrounding years:
- 2017: Breanna Holbert became the first African American woman to serve as National FFA President, and the official dress guidelines changed.
- 2018: The 91st convention set an attendance record of 69,944, and President Donald Trump spoke.
What the Record Does Not Show
This page is deliberately short and carries no private details. It does not cover her education after high school or her later work, because this site did not find a source it could verify.