The Delaware Soybean Board consists of Delaware farmers who serve their fellow soybean farmers in three-year terms on the board.  Bylaws

Cory Atkins, Chairman, Sussex
Dale Blessing, Vice Chairman, Kent
Fred West, III, Treasurer, Sussex
Mike Clay, New Castle
Brett Coverdale, Kent
Rick Dickerson,Sussex
Robbie Emerson, New Castle
Frank Hrupsa, Kent
Tim Rogers, Sussex

Secretary Mike Scuse, Ex-Officio

United Soybean Board Director

Cory Atkins, Sussex

DSB Staff Team

The soybean checkoff requires specialized administration to oversee the funds entrusted to our care. To that end, the DSB has assembled a team to work on various aspects of DSB management.

Delaware Soybean Board
P.O. Box 319
Salisbury, MD 21803

Danielle Bauer Farace is the DSB Executive Director. A graduate of West Virginia University where she studied agriculture and natural resources, Danielle worked with a variety of agricultural and natural resource organizations at Thompson Ag Consulting prior to joining DSB on October 1, 2019. 

Sandra “Sandy” Davis is the DSB Financial and Compliance Coordinator. Sandy grew up on a 600-acre farm in Caroline County, Md., and began working for the soybean industry in 1980, serving with Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the Northeast Boards. Sandy joined DSB in 2006 to coordinate the financial w. 

Jo-Ann Walston is the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s marketing specialist assigned to the Delaware Soybean Board. Jo-Ann joined DDA from the Delaware Economic Development Office, with a concentration on marketing tourist.