HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas State Fair announced Tuesday that Jacki Eckert, the Kansas State Fair’s education manager, has been selected for Kansas Farm Bureau’s Leadership KFB 2019 class.

The purpose of Leadership KFB is to develop the organization’s members as grassroots leaders. This year-long program focuses on creating influential, thought-leaders who will choose to engage, create change and look for solutions — not only in agriculture but in counties and communities across the state.

Eckert, who lives in Hutchinson, is taking a six-part program with 10 other class members. Participants engage in issues across the state and learn from the leaders in the industry. The class ends with a trip to Washington D.C. and graduation in December 2019.