Shannon Kehoe named AGR Communication Manager

March 4, 2019 | Posted In Newsroom

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – March 4, 2019 – Alpha Gamma Rho, the nation's leading agricultural fraternity, has named Shannon Kehoe as its new Communications Manager.  She joins the national staff, based out of AGR's home office in Kansas City, today.

Alpha Gamma Rho is an over 100-year-old social and professional fraternity committed to cultivating a dynamic and global agriculture. Kehoe will support the national fraternity, including its 72 chapters and one colony across the nation, as communications lead.

"We are excited to have Shannon join Alpha Gamma Rho and help us advance our mission to make better men for a dynamic and global agriculture," said Rex Martin, CEO of Alpha Gamma Rho. "She brings a passion for agriculture and a well-rounded set of communications skills and experiences to the fraternity."

Kehoe is a recent graduate of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) in Tifton, Georgia, and holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural communication. She most recently served as a communications assistant with ABAC's Office of Marketing Communications, where she wrote and distributed news releases, managed social media accounts and assisted in the college's branding efforts.

During college, she served as the Assistant Manager of the West Coast Relay for Carry the Load, a non-profit dedicated to providing ways to honor and celebrate the sacrifices made by military members, veterans, first responders and their families. She was a social media intern with the Sunbelt Ag Expo and the Georgia FFA Foundation during 2018. She also was a media intern with Pay Before You Eat Media, where she traveled internationally to Norway, Denmark and Poland and created a documentary about Norwegian agriculture.

Her leadership experience includes involvement with the National Agri-Marketing Association, ABAC Campus Ambassadors and Sigma Alpha, a professional agricultural sorority.

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Alpha Gamma Rho is the fraternity sharing a common bond within a dynamic, global agriculture committed to fostering the highest values and providing each and every brother with superior lifelong personal development and professional success. For more information on Alpha Gamma Rho, call 816-891-9200, email [email protected] or visit our website at www.alphagammarho.org.

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