A. Faye Hundley

Women’s Leadership Committee Chair

A. Faye Hundley of Champlain in Essex County was elected to a fifth two-year term as chair of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Leadership Committee in December 2024. The Women’s Leadership Committee chair also serves on the VFBF board of directors.

The VFBF Women’s Program, for which the Women’s Leadership Committee serves as a steering body, provides leadership and service opportunities for farm women, and its members sponsor events that help educate the public about agriculture.

Hundley previously served as vice chair of the VFBF Women’s Leadership Committee. She has served 14 years as chair of the Essex County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee.

She also serves as Essex County Farm Bureau’s president and has been a member of that organization for more than 30 years. Additionally, she serves on the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom board of directors and is a past member of the VFBF Legislative Committee.

Hundley is a 2016 graduate of the American Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Communication Boot Camp and is a member of the AFBF Grassroots Outreach Team.

She and her husband, Jay, are third-generation grain farmers. She attends Upper Essex Baptist Church, where she serves as a deacon and financial secretary and on other committees. She also is a coach and volunteer for Area 28 of Special Olympics Virginia.