Shannon Douglass was elected as president of the California Farm Bureau in December 2023. She previously served three terms as first vice president, having been elected in 2017, 2019 and 2021. Douglass has served as director of the Glenn County Farm Bureau and as chair of the CFBF Young Farmers and Ranchers State Committee. She is a graduate of the Leadership Farm Bureau program and participated in the American Farm Bureau Federation Partners in Advocacy Leadership program. She won the California YF&R Discussion Meet in 2007 and is a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership Program. Her Farm Bureau service has also included numerous Farm Bureau committees at the state and National