Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare farms with her husband, Eric, and son-in-law, Drew Simonsen. She also owns a small retail store, Brookside Marketplace. Roberta earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communications from Iowa State University, and she is a graduate of the Illinois Ag Leadership Foundation. This is Roberta’s fourth year as a director for the American Soybean Association, where she serves on the Trade Policy & International Affairs Committee. She is also Emeritus Past Chair of ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) committee. She is involved with the Pike and Calhoun County Farm Bureaus, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and is a past chair of her local school and hospital boards. Roberta and Eric have two children and four grandchildren.