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Becky Huttenga, a lifelong resident of Ottawa County, Michigan, grew up as a 4-H kid on a 24-acre hobby farm in Spring Lake Township before heading off to Michigan State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science and 30 credits hours of Masters level graduate study in Animal Science at MSU. While raising her two children, now 24 and 29, Becky developed quite a diverse resume, from nutritional sales at Purina Mills to restaurant management at her family’s Grand Haven business to Program Assistant for Michigan State University Extension’s 4-H program. But her passion for being the bridge between natural resources and agriculture sparked when she became Executive Director at the Ottawa Conservation District in 2011. She then joined Ottawa County in 2015 where she now leads countywide initiatives in farmland protection, agriculture, and economic development. Becky, a Farm Bureau member, serves on the Ottawa Conservation District Board of Directors, Michigan Association of Conservation Districts State Council, West Michigan Agribusiness Talent Council, National Agricultural Land Network Advisory, Careerline Tech Ag Program Advisory, and on numerous planning committees for agricultural outreach events. Her favorite career accomplishments include hosting two radio shows, founding Michigan’s first statewide land linking platform, MiFarmLink.org, and being named one of Mlive’s Women Who Shape the State in 2023. Becky currently resides in the City of Grand Haven.