President - Mike LaPlant
November 29, 2011 - 9:51am
Mike LaPlant, an irrigated hay grower from Grant County, was elected president of the Washington Farm Bureau on Nov. 17, 2011. Prior to being elected President, LaPlant served as the organization’s Second Vice President for Policy Development for three years.
About Mike
LaPlant joined the Farm Bureau in 1995 and has served on the WFB board since 1998. He is past president of the Grant County Farm Bureau and has served as Chair of the WFB Water Advisory Committee and on the Washington State Farm Bureau Political Action Committee Board of Trustees.
LaPlant is active in his community, where he currently serves in the following roles: Grant County Fire District 15 Commissioner; Fire District 5 Volunteer firefighter; Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District board member; Washington Water Resource Association board member and Family Farm Alliance Advisory board member. He is the past president of the Columbia Basin Development League. LaPlant and his wife Carol have three grown children and two grandchildren.
