Jackie Mundt: National FFA President 2004–05

Wisconsin · No. 78 of 100 · National FFA President 2004–05

By FFApresident.com Editorial

At a Glance

Jackie Mundt was a Wisconsin dairy farm kid who rose to the national FFA presidency in 2004 and later built a career in agricultural communications and advocacy. She has become one of the more visible past presidents in Farm Bureau circles, winning national honors from the American Farm Bureau Federation.

A Wisconsin Dairy Farm and Older Siblings

According to a National FFA profile, Mundt grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and was introduced to FFA through her older siblings. Her older sister served as a state officer when Mundt was in junior high, and Mundt recalls going to the state convention the year her sister was elected. FFA, she says, was the fun place to be. She competed in speaking contests and leadership development events at state and national conventions and went on to serve as a Wisconsin state FFA officer before her national election.

The Presidency, 2004–05

Mundt was elected National FFA President in 2004. Her duties took her to chapters, schools and state conventions across the country and beyond, including the California state FFA convention in Fresno, a stop that is part of the story of how she later chose a California university. National FFA’s timeline lists 2004 as the year the first live webcast of the national convention premiered online.

In September 2005, near the end of her term, the convention proceedings credit her with announcing an FFA initiative after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma struck five Gulf states. The organization’s history timeline lists the Seeds of Hope hurricane relief effort for 2005, with $835,699 raised. Her retiring address was given at the 78th National FFA Convention in Louisville in October 2005, the last Louisville convention before the move to Indianapolis.

College in California

After her year of service Mundt earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications from California State University, Fresno. K-State Research and Extension notes that while there she won the state-level collegiate discussion meet sponsored by Farm Bureau, an early step in what became a long association with the organization.

Career in Ag Communications

• She took a sales position with Dow AgroSciences in 2010.
• She became communications and marketing manager, and later director of communications, for Kanza Cooperative Association in Kansas, where she develops communications strategy across 25 communities in five counties.
• National FFA says she also farms, growing corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum and raising cow-calf pairs.

Farm Bureau and Service

Mundt won the Kansas Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet and then the national title at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention in 2019, according to Kansas Farm Bureau and K-State. She later won AFBF’s Excellence in Agriculture honor, which involved an extensive application and a verbal presentation. Her volunteer work, per National FFA, includes serving as a 4-H leader, sitting on agricultural advisory committees at a community college and area high schools, serving as a past president of a county Farm Bureau, and serving on the boards of the Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and the Kansas FFA Foundation. In the profile titled “Service Work ‘Fills My Cup,’” she describes service as central to her motivation.

This page does not cover her family or residence.

Why Her Story Matters

Mundt illustrates the long tail of a national officer year: public speaking and travel at 20 became, over time, a career in communicating agriculture to the public and a record of civic and organizational leadership.

Next: Travis Jett, 2005–06 →

Sources

• National FFA Organization: Service Work ‘Fills My Cup’
• K-State Research and Extension: Kansas Profile, Jackie Mundt, ag advocate (2021)
• Wisconsin Ag Connection: Jackie Mundt named AFBF Excellence in Agriculture winner
• American Farm Bureau Federation: Thriving rural businesses and communities, a priority for Kansas Farm Bureau leader (original link no longer resolves; checked Nov. 2026)
• National FFA Organization: Proceedings of the 78th National FFA Convention, 2005 (IUPUI archives)
• National FFA Organization: FFA history timeline

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