Margarita Hibbs
Rural Leadership Coordinator
New Mexico
Margarita Hibbs – the daughter of a former USDA Under Secretary, is currently the proud first lady of Estancia, New Mexico. She grew up spending most of her summers and winter vacations with grandparents in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. She is extremely active in rural community and social development programs and services. For the last eight years, a large focus of her work has been in Special Events Coordination, Promotions, Music and Communications.
In addition to her community activism, she is also the current Vice President of the Rio Grande Valley CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Board for abused and neglected children within the 7th Judicial Court District of New Mexico. She and her husband are active foster parents. She also runs a small gallery business on Main Street and lives with her husband and four children above her business. Ms. Hibbs is passionate about the need to overcome obstacles that hurt rural communities' prosperity.
Drew Arrowood
Rural Leadership Coordinator
North Carolina
Drew Arrowood's favorite place is still the farm where his Grandmother grew up and where his father spent his summers in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Although Drew grew up in the suburbs, he spent his summers working in his grandfather's small cafe that was famous for hot dogs and glass bottle sodas.
A former small business owner in Cabarrus Country, Mr. Arrowood is an adjunct professor of ethics at Phiefer University in North Carolina. He has a Bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University, a Master's degree from Florida State University and studied agricultural statistics at the University of Maryland.
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