Introducing the 2025 EFM Class
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2025 Executive Farm Management Class with Director Michael Best
In February, 18 participants completed the 2025 Executive Farm Management Program. During the 10 days of programming, these individuals learned about strategic planning, financial management, family business succession, human resources, risk management and more practices they can take back to their agribusinesses and operations.
Read on to learn more about the newest alumni of the program.

Sarah Catherine “Cacky” Anderson
Property Manager, Anderson Farms
Tarboro, NC

Stuart Beam
Owner/CEO, Beam Farms
Rutherfordton, NC

Mikayla Berryhill
Field Crops Agent, N.C. Cooperative Extension – Granville & Person Counties
Oxford, NC

Margaret Butler
General Manager of Operations, Sky Top Orchard
Zirconia, NC

Joseph K. Capps
Operations Manager, Worthington Farms
Greenville, NC

Bethany Funkhouser
Agribusiness Extension Agent, Clemson Extension
Darlington, SC

Courtney Hamilton Griffin
Director of Operational Support, Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable, Inc.
Norman Park, GA

Austin Hamilton
Director of Agriculture, Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable, Inc.
Norman Park, GA

Presley Kirk Hamilton
Purchasing and Facility Maintenance, Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable, Inc.
Norman Park, GA

Jahnna Jonas
Co-Owner, ARMAS HERD & HEN Co.
Cary, NC

Stephen Kearney
SVP – Manager of Business Banking, First Citizens Bank
Snow Hill, NC

Della King
Field Crops Agent, N.C. Cooperative Extension – Dublin County
Kenansville, NC

Ashton Lewis
Grower, Indian Neck Farms
Hobbsville, NC

David Mansfield
Agribusiness Extension Agent, Clemson Extension
Orangeburg, SC

Linc Martin
Business Banker – Agriculture, First Citizens Bank
Marshville, NC

James Thomas Morgan
Farm Worker/Manager, Cypress Glade Farms
Corapeake, NC

Richard T. Morgan
Equipment Operator, Cypress Glade Farms
Corapeake, NC

Kevin Thompson
Manager, Cypress Glade Farms
Corapeake, NC