Professional Speaker Michele Payn-Knoper

Serving the needs for Agriculture, Associations and Corporations

Michele Payn-Knoper, Professional Speaker

About MPK

"Michele's energy, enthusiasm and drive allow her to be a very dynamic speaker who can relate to all audience types."
— Debra Schmucker, Michigan Farm Bureau Promotion & Education

Michele Payn-Knoper, Michelle, speaker trainer consultant in agrifood, agriculture sales and marketing

Michele Payn-Knoper empowers organizations to develop solutions for a changing marketplace. Her unique blend of professional experience in the agriculture, sales, marketing, and technology sectors combine for a must-see presentation. Learn more from FAQs. Some of Michele's key roles have included:

Founding Cause Matters, a company designed to help people champion their cause.

Writing numerous industry columns and articles as an industry expert.

Selling more than $5,000,000 in corporate sponsorships for the National FFA Foundation as a Regional Director. She also led the campaigns to develop a record high level of community support for the convention relocation in Louisville and the opening of the new National FFA Center in Indianapolis.

Forging key e-business relationships with major agricultural partners as the Business Development & Alliance Manager for Farms.com.

Marketing and selling dairy genetics to more than 25 countries at World-Wide Sires in California. She also presented training programs in developing countries and promoted U.S. dairy farms.

Breeding and judging dairy cattle as a registered Holstein breeder since she was nine.

Michele is active in a variety of community and professional organizations:

National Speakers Association

Boone County 4-H Fair Board, Dairy Judging Coach, and Project Leader

Lebanon First Presbyterian Church Elder and Finance Committee Chairperson

Indiana Agricultural Leadership Program Class 10

Mid America CropLife Association Ambassador

Tri Kappa Service Sorority

National Agri-Marketing Association

Holstein Foundation Young Dairy Leaders Institute Graduate

National FFA Alumni Lifetime Member

Nat

ional Sigma Alpha Professional Ag Sorority Alumni Lifetime Member

Michele Payn Knoper, Michelle, a public speaker with a lifetime in agriculture Michele resides on a historical Indiana farm today with her husband and baby girl. They enjoy working on their round barn that houses a few Holsteins and keeping up several gardens. Their hobbies include spending time with friends, traveling, judging dairy cattle, and cheering on the Michigan State Spartans!

Contact Michele for more information on her keynotes, seminars, workshops, sales training and customized consulting.