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Leonhard joins GFB as educational programs manager

Posted on February 14, 2026 9:00 PM

GFB Educational Programs Manager Caroline Waldrep Leonhard / Photo by Tammy Rigole

Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) is pleased to announce Caroline Waldrep Leonhard is its new educational programs manager. Leonhard has been on the job since Dec. 1.

Leonhard worked as the events and outreach coordinator with the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association for the last several years. She previously worked as office manager with Bryan County Farm Bureau and as an agriculture teacher at Portal High School in Bulloch County. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education and earned her master’s degree in education from Auburn University. 

“We are looking forward to all Caroline will bring to our educational programs,” GFB President Tom McCall said. “Her work experience is excellent but her ‘growing up’ surrounded by Farm Bureau people is an even better plus.”

Leonhard has been active with GFB as a member of Monroe County Farm Bureau and has been involved in the Young Farmers and Ranchers Program. She grew up on a cow/calf and hay farm in Monroe County, of which she is the fifth generation to farm.  She was an active FFA member. Leonhard's father, Bill Waldrep, is an active GFB member and current MCFB president. Her late grandfather, Billy Waldrep, was an active MCFB and GFB member. 

As educational programs manager, Leonhard will oversee GFB’s Ag in the Classroom program, through which GFB works to increase agricultural literacy among children and consumers. It provides tools to teachers for more effective teaching about agriculture and to assist Georgia educators in implementing the instruction of agriculture-related concepts in the classroom. She is also managing the Georgia Ag Experience Mobile Classroom.

Caroline lives in Macon with her husband, Timmy Leonhard.