1st Vice President: Cortney Regalo Lawler                                          
2nd Vice President: Christina Vieira                                                      
3rd Vice President: Melba Miyamoto                                          
Treasurer: Rochelle Koch                                                          
Secretary: Liz Barbosa

Area Directors
•        Vacant, Atwater
•        Jill Scoto, Dos Palos
•        Barbara Matheron, Hilmar
•        Lorraine Bocks, Le Grand
•        Ellie Souders, Merced
•        Deidre Kelsey, Snelling/Ballico
•        Melba Miyamoto, Livingston/Winton
Who is CWA?
We are non-partisan group of women (and men too) who support agriculture through
education, public relations, and legislation within Merced county and California.  

Our Chapter works with our state organization as a liaison between our county and the state.  
We share our local issues and offer support regarding through our programs such as
Farmology, California Ag in the Classroom, American Agri-Women, and I Love
Farmers…They Feed My Soul.

We partner with our sister CWA Chapters to educate our counties regarding the importance
of agriculture.  We work to educate people about the safe, abundant, food and fiber grown
and harvested within California.

Our mission is:

To promote an educational program in order to develop the interest of California women in
agriculture and to promote agriculture in California,

To involve women of the State of California for the following general purposes,

To speak on behalf of agriculture in an intelligent, informative, direct and truthful manner,

To keep CWA members informed on legislative activities pertaining to agriculture,

To join forces when the need arises to deal with agricultural problems in a specific community

To improve the public image of farmers and to develop rapport within agricultural communities
throughout the state.
Merced California Women for Agriculture 2011©
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