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Mary Jane John has been a Tuscarawas County member for more than 30 years. She and her husband, Charles, raise beef and hogs on their 160-acre farm. Mary Jane also works off the farm as a special tutor at the Tuscarawas County Juvenile Detention Center. She has a bachelor’s degree from Wittenberg University and a master’s degree from Kent State University.

This year, she is serving as county membership chairman, a position she has held four other times. She also has served on the county board as county board secretary and chairman of the young farmer/advisory council committee. She also has been a delegate to the OFBF annual meeting and has earned Ambassador Club recognition several times, for signing 10 or more new members. The Johns are members of the Bedrock Bunch advisory council.

Mary Jane is an avid gardener and a multi-ribbon winner at the county fair. She also is a member of the Tuscarawas County Cattlemen’s Association and Tuscarawas County Pork Producers and a board member of the Norma Johnson Center. The Johns attend Zion Lutheran Church in Stone Creek, where Mary Jane has been parish treasurer for 35 years. They are the parents of two children and have two grandchildren.

"I’m a firm believer anyone who lives rurally is a potential member. Together, united, we have a voice. By ourselves, we don’t. We need to have the rural view represented and Farm Bureau is the way to go," she said.