

Meet Anna Bass, Junior Member Recruitment Chairperson
Meet Anna, the girl in charge of encouraging new junior members to join GDYF. After showing dairy for six years, Anna Bass’s passion for showing commercial dairy heifers and the dairy industry led her to join the Georgia Dairy Youth Foundation’s Junior Board of Directors. As a tenth grade home school student, Anna is serving as the Junior Board’s junior member recruitment chairperson. As chairperson she hopes to encourage younger members to become involved with the organizati


Meet Emma, T-Shirt Design Chairperson
Meet Emma Newberry, GDYF's go-to girl for the annual T-shirt design competition. The youngest member of our Junior Board of Directors, Emma Newberry, is a rising freshman in Oconee County. Within her school and community Emma is an active FFA and 4-H member. Her dairy showing career began four years ago when she was in the fourth grade. Today Emma says that she has the Georgia Dairy Youth Foundation’s commercial dairy heifer showing program to thank for her knowledge of lives


Makenzie Hale, Social Media Chairperson
Meet Makenzie Hale, the face behind GDYF's Instagram and social media guru for the Junior Board. Makenzie Hale, our Social Media Chairperson, has a passion for the dairy industry which was inspired by her father whom she says still continues to encourage and inspire her today. This Oconee County rising junior enjoys hunting, fishing and spending time with her show heifers. She began showing six years ago and has not stopped since. Even though she loves showing her dairy heife


Constance Johnson, Junior Board Treasurer
Meet the mastermind behind getting youth involved in GDYF fundraisers, Junior Board Treasurer Constance Johnson. Our Dairy Georgia Youth Foundation Junior Board Treasurer is Constance Johnson. A rising senior at Morgan County High School, Constance is an active 4-H and FFA member within her county and has been involved in Georgia Dairy Youth activities such as showing heifers for the past eight years. However, when asked what her favorite dairy youth activity is, her response


Meet Alyssa
Meet Alyssa Rauton, secretary and reporter for the GDYF Junior Board and writer extraordinaire. “It is our job as board members to encourage younger members to discover what the agriculture industry has to offer them outside of the show ring. They are, after all, the future of the dairy industry,” said our Georgia Dairy Youth Foundation Junior Board Secretary Alyssa Rauton. This Burke County High School rising senior has dreams of pursuing a career in veterinary medicine afte