Introducing the 2025 EFM Class

(Updated: March 5, 2026, 11:04 a.m.)
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2025 Executive Farm Management Class with Director Michael Best

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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