Full Text of SR0563 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate Richard L. Guebert Jr. on the occasion of his | 4 | | retirement as president of Illinois Farm Bureau; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert was born and raised on a 120-cow | 6 | | family dairy farm; after returning home from Southern Illinois | 7 | | University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture | 8 | | education with a minor in animal science, he started his own | 9 | | farming operation with his wife, Nancy; he and his son, Kyle, | 10 | | operate a farm in Ellis Grove, where they raise corn, | 11 | | soybeans, and wheat; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert is the 15th president of Illinois | 13 | | Farm Bureau and serves as a full-time executive officer; he is | 14 | | also president of COUNTRY Financial, the Illinois Agricultural | 15 | | Service Company, and the IAA Foundation; he serves on the | 16 | | Leadership Council and the board of the Illinois Agri-Food | 17 | | Alliance, a statewide initiative to enable Illinois and the | 18 | | Chicago region to become the leading global hub for food and | 19 | | agriculture; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his election as president in December | 21 | | 2013, Richard Guebert served as vice president of Illinois | 22 | | Farm Bureau (IFB) from 2003 to 2013; as vice president, he also |
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| 1 | | served as chairman of the COUNTRY/IFB Governance Committee; | 2 | | and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Before Richard Guebert's time with Illinois Farm | 4 | | Bureau, he served as director of the Lower Kaskaskia | 5 | | Stakeholders, Inc. from 1999 to 2004, director of the | 6 | | Kaskaskia Watershed Association from 2000 to 2004, director of | 7 | | Gateway FS from 1990 to 2008, and on the board of directors of | 8 | | the Randolph County Farm Bureau from 1993 to 2003, where he | 9 | | also served as vice president from 1994 to 1996 and president | 10 | | from 1996 to 2003; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Richard Guebert served on the Illinois | 12 | | Farm Bureau Co-op Task Force and completed the Agricultural | 13 | | Leaders of Tomorrow leadership training; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert was named a Master Farmer by | 15 | | Prairie Farmer magazine in 2006; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In March 2007, Richard Guebert accompanied | 17 | | then-Director Jack Lavin of the Illinois Department of | 18 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity and other delegates on a | 19 | | trade mission to India to open a trade office in New Delhi; in | 20 | | June 2007, he traveled to Poland with then-Lt. Governor Pat | 21 | | Quinn on a four-city cultural exchange and trade mission that | 22 | | developed and enhanced the relationship between Illinois and |
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| 1 | | Poland; in March 2009, he was part of the farm and business | 2 | | delegation to Cuba under the direction of the former U.S. | 3 | | Secretary of Agriculture Jack Block; he was appointed by | 4 | | then-Governor Pat Quinn to the Taxpayer Action Board in April | 5 | | 2009 and the Governor's Export Advisory Council in 2012; he | 6 | | participated in a trade mission to China with Governor Quinn | 7 | | and several business leaders from across the State in 2011; | 8 | | and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert and his wife, Nancy, are parents | 10 | | to their son, Kyle; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert's leadership and vision during | 12 | | his tenure at Illinois Farm Bureau will leave a lasting impact | 13 | | on agriculture; therefore, be it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate | 16 | | Richard Guebert Jr. on his retirement, and we thank him for his | 17 | | dedication and commitment to improving the economic well-being | 18 | | of agriculture and enriching the quality of farm family life; | 19 | | and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Richard Guebert as an expression of our esteem | 22 | | and respect. |
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