Bill Patterson - Chesterland, Ohio

Bill Patterson was elected to the FCS board in October, 2004.  He owns 116 acres and operates a fruit farm market with his family in northeastern Ohio. 

He is a member of the Geauga County Farm Bureau, the Ohio Fruit Growers Association and the Direct Agricultural Marketing Association.   He is a graduate of Ohio's LEAD Program - Class VII and received his bachelor of science in agricultural economics from The Ohio State University.   

He and his wife, Mindy, have one son.