Michele Aavang of McHenry County was elected to a two-year term to represent District 1, which encompasses McHenry, Lake, DeKalb and Kane counties. Aavang and her husband, Gary, raise corn, soybeans, wheat and hay, as well as beef cattle.
Aavang is currently serving as the McHenry County Farm Bureau president and has served on the IFB Resolutions and Policy Review Committees, as well as an ACTIVATOR Trustee, Illinois Farm Families volunteer and has attended an IFB Leaders to Washington trip.
Aavang previously served as a Village of Greenwood Trustee and is currently a McHenry County Board member. She also is a member of the Illinois Soybean Association. Aavang and her husband have one son, Grant.
The Illinois Farm Bureau is a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation, a national organization of farmers and ranchers. Founded in 1916, IFB is a non-profit, membership organization directed by farmers who join through their county Farm Bureau. IFB has a total membership of more than 400,000 and a voting membership of more than 82,000. IFB represents three out of four Illinois farmers.
