Meet the Candidates

Ryan Brown,

Cumberland County

Ryan Brown owns and operates CornerTop Farm, a 400-acre grain and 50-head livestock farm in Mechanicsburg with his wife, Andrea and their two children. Ryan and Andrea purchased the family farm in 2015. In addition, he is also the owner of Valley Ag Solutions LLC.

Valley Ag Solutions LLC provides precision agronomy consulting services, using data-driven crop scouting and field analysis to develop customized variable-rate fertilizer and seeding prescriptions, diagnose crop stresses, weeds and diseases, and recommend high-yield solutions while helping growers optimize fertility and plant growth through specialized foliar fertilizers and plant growth regulators.

Brown is a longtime active member of Cumberland County Farm Bureau and has served as the president of his county Farm Bureau since 2022. At the state level, Brown served on the Young Ag Professionals Committee from 2021-2025, serving as the committee vice chair from 2023-2025.

Brown has more than a decade of experience within Cumberland County Farm Bureau and has served on its board of directors since 2017. Brown also serves as a member of PFB’s Beef Issue Advisory Committee and as a member of AFBF’s Market Structure Issue Advisory Committee.

In 2020, Brown was recognized by Pennsylvania Farm Bureau as the Distinguished Local Affairs Leader Award Winner, for his work advocating to the local township about stormwater management fees and issues.

Brown and his wife, Andrea, also won the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Young Ag Professionals Achievement Award and finished in the Top 10 in the national competition. The Achievement Award recognizes young farm individuals between the ages of 18 and 35 who compete for the prestigious award.

The selection of the winning competitor is judged on his or her efforts in production agriculture and leadership achievement. The ideal candidate or candidates for the Achievement Award is an individual or couple involved in production agriculture with most of their net income subject to normal production risks.

In addition, Brown was honored by Farm Credit with the Farmer on the Rise Award in 2022 and Brown also holds an honorary chapter FFA Degree.

Off the farm, Brown served on Farm Credit’s Customer Advisory Board from 2021-2025 and has been advising his township on ag issues for nearly a decade.

He’s also involved with his local fire company.

Prior to owning the family farm, Brown had a12-year career with Norfolk Southern as a machinist.

Paul Hartman,

Berks County

Paul Hartman is an eighth-generation dairy farmer from Berks County, Pennsylvania. He is a former owner of Scattered Acres, Inc. which is the family farm operation that is now owned by two nephews and a niece.

Scattered Acres, Inc. milks registered Holstein's totaling 1,200 cows and approximately 1,100 replacement heifers, and farms approximately 1,400 acres. They grow corn, soybeans, rye, triticale, and barley to feed their livestock. Paul is still employed at the farm as a herdsman and enjoys being able to continue working with his family.

Paul graduated from Muhlenberg High School in 1987 and from Pennsylvania State University in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in food science. He is an active member of the Berks County Farm Bureau, serving as Vice President, Policy Development Committee Chaiman, and is the former Membership Chairman. Paul also serves on the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Board of Directors serving as District 3 Director, representing Berks, Montgomery, and Chester/Delaware Counties. 

This year, Hartman was elected from the Board of Directors to serve on the Executive Committee. He serves as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Dairy and Farm Policy Committee. He served for six years on the American Farm Bureau Federation Farm Policy Committee. 

Paul served on the Oley Township Planning Commission for approximately 10 years, with five of those years as Chairman. At Penn State, Paul joined the Delta Theta Sigma Agricultural Fraternity and now serves as secretary of the Alumni Board.

Paul and his wife,Yvonne, celebrated 35 years of marriage in June. They are blessed with two children. Paul and Yvonne are very active members of Kissingers Bible Church.

Glenn Stoltzfus,

Current Vice President

Glenn Stoltzfus was appointed by Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s State Board of Directors to serve as the interim Vice President in July of 2026.

Stoltzfus owns and operates Pennwood Farms LLC, a 1,900 acre, 700 cow dairy in Berlin, along with his three brothers. Stoltzfus’ expertise is in heifer care, crop management and ensuring that the farm complies with CAFO and nutrient management regulations.

Stoltzfus has a long history of involvement in Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, previously serving on the State Board of Directors from 2011-2019. While on the board, Stoltzfus served as the chair of the Pennsylvania State Diary Committee and was a part of PFB’s executive committee from 2016-2019.

Within Somerset County, Stoltzfus has had many leadership roles and currently serves on the Somerset County Conservation District ACAP Committee, the Somerset County Conservation Board of Directors and the Animal Health and Diagnostic Commission. Stoltzfus previously served as Somerset County President from 2009-2011. He served on Somerset County’s Board of Directors from 2003-2011 before being elected to PFB’s Board of Directors.

Stoltzfus has served as a longtime advocate for dairy, providing recurring testimony to the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board for five years, while presently serving on PFB’s state dairy committee.

Stoltzfus and his wife Gail have been married for 38 years and have seven children and seven grandchildren. Stoltzfus is a member of Three Seasons Community Church and served as part of the worship team from 2007-2012.

Lisa Wherry,

Washington County

Lisa Wherry has represented Farm Bureau extensively from serving as Chair of her local Women’s Leadership Committee, District WLC Rep, PA WLC Chair from 2016-2020, Washington County Farm Bureau’s Vice President, and presently she serves as President of her county Farm Bureau Board of Directors. She currently serves on the American Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Leadership Committee and has since 2021.

Some of Lisa’s Farm Bureau activities/projects have included coordinating the annual “Farmers Care” drive for the Pittsburgh area Ronald McDonald House and promoting Ag Education through the annual “Farmtastic” books, in addition to participating in safety contests, school presentations and the formation of the “Outstanding Woman in Ag Award” at the county and state level. Wherry also completed Farm Bureau’s Women’s Communications Boot Camp in 2015.

Prior to joining Farm Bureau, Lisa actively served in the U.S. Navy for 23 years – graduating from the Senior Enlisted Academy in 1997, achieving the rank of Master Chief E-9 in 1998 and advancing to Command Master Chief in 1999. In 2003, she was a “Federal Woman of the Year” finalist for technical employees.

Following her retirement from the Navy in 2006, she and her young son, Joshua, returned to her father’s sheep and cattle farm in Southwestern Pennsylvania to farm full-time until 2020.

While raising her son and farming alongside her father, Wherry earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration and management along with her certification in restaurant management.

She started a baking business, resumed her strong involvement in church community, and was elected local tax collector, an office she still maintains. Wherry belongs to the local Business and Professional Women (BPW) of Pennsylvania and was named “Woman of the Year” in 2008 and placed first in the Individual Development program at the state BPW in 2011.



She is currently in transition due to settlement of the estate since her father’s passing, while continuing to avail herself as a mentor to help young farmers.