Meet your 2024-2025 DV Officers!

Hello District V FFA! State Convention has just come to a close and the six of us are so exited for what this upcoming year has in store. One of the things we are excited for is to continue the blog! As a reminder, blogs will be posted every weekend and the officers will rotate weeks! We wanted to start this year off telling you all a bit about ourselves, read below to see our introductions!!

District V President, Marshall Frye

Hi, I’m Marshall Frye, your District President. Some things about me: I'm from Hamilton Heights, where I serve as Chapter President. (and the first district president from that school too), I'm a senior in high school, on my FFA side, my SAE is Forest Management and Products Placement which I run on my family's Christmas tree and flower farm. My contests range from forestry to prepared public speaking and from soils to skillathon. Even including meats, small engines, and Ag marketing. I can't wait for kickoff or the barn dance when I can finally get to meet who is in my district so that I can get to know each of you on a different level. I work for a custom cabinet maker and have always loved working with my hands. One of my side gigs in my free time is to play spikeball or pickleball with friends. I'm also a huge fan of classic muscle cars and anything with an engine.

District V Vice President, Kaitlyn Maruszewski

Hello District V FFA! My name is Kaitlyn Maruszewski and I am serving as your District Vice President this year! I am so excited for the opportunity of another year serving DV. In addition, I am also currently serving as Indiana FFA’s Section II Director! I attend Tri-Central High School in Sharpsville and will be a senior this fall. This year I am looking forward to district convention the most! I love to see everyones hard work paying off! I’m also so excited to continue to meet our members and create connections with everyone! In FFA i’m involved in a number of CDEs and LDEs, but my main ones are horticulture, parliamentary procedure, prepared public speaking, and demonstrations! My SAE is in Nursery Operations where I own my own business called bykaitlyndesigns! I sell house plants that I grow through asexual propagation techniques, and I also teach classes on various plant techniques and macrame! Outside of FFA I am a nine year 4-H member of Tipton County, and involved in track, cheerleading, ecology club, national honor society, and student council at school. I also enjoy to participate in community theatre! In my free time I love to read a good book, care for my house plants, spend time outdoors, or hang out with friends! I am so excited for the opportunity to serve District V this next year!! I would love to chat with all of you! Feel free to reach out at anytime for anything! Instagram: kaitlyn_maruszewski

District V Secretary, Sidney Stinson

Hey District V!

My name is Sidney Stinson and I am proudly hailing from the Clinton Prairie FFA chapter, where I am currently serving as our chapter president. I am so excited to continue our chats and to spend another year with you as the District V Secretary! Within FFA, I love helping lead our chapter by leading committees, helping plan events, and organizing community service opportunities. I have also enjoyed growing my SAE in Swine Production. I have exhibited livestock for the past 4 years, now showing both beef cattle and swine. There is no doubt one of the places my heart lies is in the show ring. Completing these projects has allowed me to also become heavily involved in the Indiana Junior Beef Cattle Association and the Indiana Junior Swine Circuit. The opportunities with these organizations have also allowed me to become close with a lot of you guys! This year I am so excited to continue to make connections with every one of you! I absolutely adored getting to know so many of you this past year. Please don’t ever be shy to come and chat or reach out on Instagram! Thank you for allowing me to serve you, DV!

Instagram: S.stinson_

District V Treasurer, Mckynzye White

Hi my name is Mckynzye White and I will be serving as your district five treasurer! I hail from the Westfield FFA chapter and am proudly serving as our chapter president! I am super excited to serve as I am the first person in our chapter to have a district office position! I will be attending Westfield High School in the fall as a Junior. I look forward to being able to get to know other chapters better, make so many new friends, and experience all the different aspects of agriculture. In my free time I love to go boating, hiking, or spend time with friends. I am also super involved in my church and our youth program! Another huge part of my life is horses, I have had horses for 8 years now and they have become a huge part of my everyday life. For my SAE project I work with not only the horses on my property but my job is surrounded around horses! I have been involved in a various number of CDE’s and LDE’s. I have done horse judging, forestry, creed speaking, ag sales, demonstrations, agriscience projects, prepared public speaking, and parliamentary procedure. I can’t wait to serve this year and meet everyone!

District V Reporter, Ellie Taylor

Hey there! My name is Ellie Taylor and I hail from the Hamilton Southeastern FFA Chapter! I’m going to be entering my senior year of highschool and am SO excited to be able to serve District V again this year. Inside FFA I am serving as my chapter’s president and am super involved in various ways. My favorite contests are parliamentary procedure and agriculture marketing! I also love prepared public speaking, agriculture communications, and agriculture sales. My SAE is in agriculture communications and I absolutely love it! I have a huge passion for sharing the story of agriculture and connecting with others and my SAE allows me to do just that! Outside of FFA I’m involved in NHS, 4H, and sit on the Women’s Council for A Kid Again. I also love hiking, traveling, playing the guitar, and working with dairy cows. I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve again and am ready to help the members in any way possible! If you ever need anything or just want to chat feel free to message me! Instagram- @ellietaylor777 .

District V Sentinel, Katie McClain

Hey, District V! I’m Katie McClain, proudly serving as your district Sentinel this year! I’m a junior at Carroll High School and enjoy being our school’s mascot and throwing in track. When I have some free time, you can find me with my friends or in the kitchen, experimenting with some new recipes. From a young age, all summer long I would be in the garden with my grandpa, so finding my SAE was pretty easy. With an SAE in vegetable production, each summer I plant numerous vegetables in a 2,500-square-foot garden. Of course, my love for growing plants led to my favorite contest being soil judging. Some close seconds are chapter meeting, ag sales, and demonstrations. As your Sentinel this year, I cannot wait to meet each and every one of you!

We are so excited to serve DV this year! Stay tuned for fun times, lots of blog posts, and more!

With love,

Marshall, Kaitlyn, Sidney, Mckynzye, Ellie & Katie

2024-2025 District V Officer Team