Lopez elected to National FFA
David Lopez, of Holtville, was recently elected as the western region vice president of National FFA.
Lopez is a 2019 Holtville High School graduate, and an alumnus of Holtville FFA.
Lopez served as state sentinel for the California FFA’s 2019-20 team.
Now, he will serve at the national level as western region vice president with the 2020-21 team.
Lopez’s election was announced during the 93rd National FFA Convention, which was held virtually this year from Oct. 27 to 29.
Lopez is the 28th national officer to be elected from California, and the first Latinx officer to be elected from California.
Lopez is the only student from Imperial County to ever be elected to national office, Holtville FFA chapter reporter Gianna Irunguray stated.
Lopez served as a three-year officer with Holtville FFA.
Lopez is currently an agricultural communications major at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, but will take a year off to serve the more than 730,000 members of National FFA and move to the FFA Center in Indianapolis in January.
Each year during the National FFA Convention and Expo, six students are elected by delegates to represent the organization as national officers, a California Agricultural Education news release stated.
Delegates elect a president, secretary and vice presidents representing the central, southern, eastern and western regions of the country, the news release stated.
Throughout their year of service, the officers will interact with business and industry leaders, thousands of FFA members and teachers, corporate sponsors; government and education officials, state FFA leaders, the general public, and more.
The team will lead personal growth and leadership training conferences for FFA members throughout the country and help set policies that will guide the future of FFA and the next generation of leaders, the release stated.