Skagit Farmers Supply producer members elect the Board of Directors. This dedicated team works together to ensure the smooth operation of the cooperative, assessing needs, managing risk and planning for the future with the needs of members, customers and employees in mind. The Board continually strives to position Skagit Farmers Supply for the future.
Nels Lagerlund:
Nels is the current Board Chairman and has served on the Board since 2011, continuing a family history of cooperative board involvement. He is a fourth generation farmer, converting his dairy operations to organic milk production.
Spencer Fuentes:
Spencer was appointed by the board in 2018 to fill the term of retiring board member Rick Williams and was elected by the co-op membership in 2019. Spencer and his wife Karen Wolden-Fuentes make blueberry ice cream and chocolate hazelnut ice cream from the organic blueberries and hazelnuts they grow on their property. They also raise wheat, barley, orchard grass and hay on their farm in Silvana, Washington
Mark is serving his first term on the board after being elected in 2020. He and his wife Barbara have a son and a daughter. Mark graduated Cal Poly State University and then joined his brothers and his parents in operating a dairy in Skagit County.
We are currently searching for a new candidate to fill this role on our board of directors.
Jennifer Jones:
Jennifer Jones was elected in 2022. She is an owner of 3 Sisters Cattle Company, LLC, a Whidbey Island multigenerational family farm with a diverse direct marketing business. She manages the production ag side of the business including crops and animals. Both her father and grandfather previously served on the Skagit Farmers Supply Board of Directors. A representative on the regional Land O’Lakes council, Jennifer also serves on the Island County Farm Bureau board. She and her husband Tom are parents to two young children.