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Mr Daren Coppock

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Agricultural Retailers Association

President & CEO
Washington, DC
United States
20005-1718

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Daren Coppock serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA). In this role he leads a staff of nine people to accomplish the mission of the ARA, which is to ensure a profitable business environment for members of the association through its public policy work in Washington, DC. ARA also continues to provide additional value to members through a variety of educational and leadership training opportunities, a well-respected and informative annual conference, and regular updates on key legislative and regulatory issues.

Prior to joining ARA, Coppock was the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) for over eight years. Other previous posts include five years as the Executive Vice President for the Oregon Wheat Growers League and another five years as the first full-time Administrator of the Oregon Grains Commission.

Coppock holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University in Agricultural and Resource Economics. He is a past National Vice President of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) (1986-1987) and a past State President of Oregon FFA (1984-85). As a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) national agricultural fraternity, he was recognized in 2004 as one of AGR’s Brothers of the Century, an honor bestowed on less than 2% of the fraternity’s membership in conjunction with its 100th Anniversary.

Coppock was born and raised on a wheat and cattle century farm in eastern Oregon, near Pendleton. He and his wife Mechelle have three children – James, Sarah and Renee – and reside in Falls Church, Virginia, where they are members of The Falls Church (Anglican). He is also a volunteer youth basketball coach in the Falls Church City Parks and Recreation program and volunteer leader in the YMCA Adventure Guides program.

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Education

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Bachelor of Science, 1990
Agricultural & Resource Economics
1984 To 1990

Job History

Agricultural Retailers Association

President & CEO
Washington, DC, United States
November 2009 - present

National Association of Wheat Growers

Chief Executive Officer
Washington, DC, United States
August 2001 - December 2009

Oregon Wheat Growers League

Executive Vice President
Pendleton, OR, United States
January 1996 - July 2001

Oregon Grains Commission

Administrator
Portland and Pendleton, OR, United States
January 1990 - January 1996

National FFA Organization

National Vice President, Western Region
November 1986 - November 1987