Missouri Governor Mike Parson has appointed Cumberland Presbyterian Jamie Bellis Johansen to the Missouri State Fair Commission.

Jamie, a member of White Oak Pond Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Missouri Presbytery), is passionate about agriculture and impacting the next generation. She and her husband, Kevin,  grew up showing cattle at the Missouri State Fair.

Jamie, also a member of the Missouri State Fair Foundation, is the owner of both The Hive by Honey Creek and Honey Creek Media, LLC. Previously, she was the editor for ZimmComm New Media and served as a per-course instructor for Missouri State University. She received the National Cattleman’s Beef Association’s Best of Beef Excellence in Agriculture Journalism Award in 2017 and has served on the Missouri State Fair Youth in Agriculture Committee. She also served as the 2019 Missouri Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Chair and is a member of the Missouri Agriculture Leaders of Tomorrow Class 16. She attended Missouri State University where she earned both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Applied Sciences in agricultural communications.