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