DAVIDSONVILLE, Md. — Maryland Farm Bureau recently hired Emily Solis from La Plata, Md., and Rebecka (Becky) Jones from Sunderland, Md., as the two communications interns for the 2018 Spring Semester.
As the communications interns for MFB, Solis and Jones will be managing all media inquiries, online accounts, publications and marketing materials to effectively communicate membership benefits and agricultural policy to MFB families and the community.
Solis is a senior Animal Science major at the University of Maryland and will graduate in May of 2018. She grew up in southern Maryland raising beef cattle for show through the 4-H program. In 2014, she served as Miss Charles County Farm Bureau and continued on to compete for the Miss Maryland Agriculture title. Solis is currently the President of the Block and Bridle chapter at the University of Maryland, a member of Collegiate Farm Bureau, and a sister of Sigma Alpha — Professional Agricultural Sorority. Previously, she’s worked at the University of Maryland’s dairy research facility, the Wye Angus research farm, and was the Communications Intern with the Animal Agriculture Alliance in spring 2017.
“I’m excited to work with producers in Maryland and play my part in protecting our state’s number one industry — agriculture,” she said.
Jones currently studies at the University of Maryland. In May of 2018, she will graduate with a certificate in Agricultural Business Management and then plans to pursue a bachelor in Agricultural Resource Economics with an expected graduation date of May 2020. She is a fourth-generation farmer who grew up in southern Maryland on a small livestock farm. In 2015, she was Miss Calvert County Farm Bureau and later served as 2015 Miss Maryland Agriculture 4th Runner-Up. At the university, she is heavily involved in AGNR Student Council, Collegiate Farm Bureau, and Sigma Alpha – Professional Agricultural Sorority.
“I’m looking forward to this great opportunity to get more exposure to the parent organization to further develop the chapter,” she said.
Solis and Jones started at MFB on Jan. 17 and will work through April. They can be reached at 410-922-3426 or esolis@mdfarmbureau.com and bjones@mdfarmbureau.com.
— Maryland Farm Bureau
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