Full Name
Rob Shaffer
Job Title
Board Director
Company
Illinois Soybean Association
Speaker Bio
Rob Shaffer, a farmer from El Paso, Illinois, has been on the American Soybean Association Board of Directors since 2016. Shaffer is current co-chair of Commodity Classic for 2025.

He is a fourth-generation soybean, corn and Angus cattle farmer, along with his brother Emory.

Rob graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in agriculture business and animal science. He has been on the Illinois Soybean Association Board of Directors since 2010 and has served as treasurer, secretary and bylaws committee chairman.

Shaffer is a 1st Vice-Chairman of Clean Fuels Alliance America for ASA and serves as vice chairman on that organization's PAC. He is a past board member of the Beta Delta Alumni Corporation of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity in Normal, Illinois.


He currently serves as a director on the Roanoke Farmers Association Elevator Board in Roanoke, Illinois. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons, Bobby and Jacob
Rob Shaffer