Women in Leadership Program Advisor Member

Christie Jaeger

Active Term: 10/2024 - 10/2025

Areas of Expertise

• ​Winning Work-Life Balance & Mentoring
  
• Advocacy, Actions & Accountability
  
• Driving Ideas, Intellectual Growth & Transformation

Secretary and Treasurer

Jaeger Farms Inc., Esmond ND

Christie Jaeger grew up on a farm near Maddock, ND.  She graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1995 with degrees in Environmental Geology and Biology. She worked for a year with the North Dakota Health Department in the Drinking Water Division. She farms and ranches with her husband, Gerald, and son Seth and his wife, Kolbey near Esmond, in north central North Dakota where they raise beef cattle, wheat, soybeans, canola and corn. Their daughter, Amber and her husband Maxfield Elliott live in Mesa, AZ, and their youngest son, Zach, lives in Rugby ND and works as a John Deere Tech. Christie began working in the crop insurance industry as a crop adjuster with ProAg five years ago and also continues to do all the bookwork for Jaeger Farms Inc. and help out whenever needed. 

​She has advocated for agriculture in many ways and with various organizations such as North Dakota Farmers Union and the Commonground program with the North Dakota Corn Council. She is also a current member of the North Dakota State FSA (Farm Service Agency) Committee which has reinforced her understanding of Ag policy and USDA programs that benefit farmers and ranchers. She believes in getting involved in local organizations to keep our rural communities vital to allow for the next generation of farmers and ranchers to succeed in rural North Dakota.

She is the Clerk/Treasurer of Impark Township, President of the Benson County Township Officers Association, Vice President of the Benson County Farmers Union Board, and Board member of the Rugby Dollars for Scholars Organization. Christie has served as a delegate to the North Dakota State Farmers Union Convention since 2018. Christie is also a member of the current Class X Rural Leadership North Dakota program administered through NDSU Extension.  The RLND program is designed for those dedicated to strengthening the agriculture community, their community and the state of North Dakota for the future.

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