District 1 Representative & Vice President
Mark Sustaire was born and raised in Greenwood, TX and graduated from Saltillo High School.
Following, he attended A&M Commerce before joining his parents in their dairy business. Currently, Mark, along with his wife and children, own and operate their third-generation dairy, beef cattle and poultry farm. He currently serves on Dairy Farmers of America’s Southeast Resolutions Committee and the Corporate Resolutions Committee. He is a member of Texas Beef Council, the Beef Promotion Research Council of Texas, Texas Association of Dairyman, and the Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council. Previously, Mark has served on the Texas Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Rancher Committee, one year as chair. He was also on Texas Farm Bureau’s Dairy Advisory Committee and the American Farm Bureau’s Dairy Advisory Committee. Locally, he is serving his second elected term on the Saltillo ISD School Board where he is currently the board president. He is also a board member of Hopkins-Rains County Farm Bureau.
He has achieved the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s highest certification of Credentialed Cooperative Director (CCD), which demonstrates understanding and competencies in 5 core areas of cooperative governance.
He, along with his family, are involved in the local youth livestock show and are members of the Mt. Vernon-Saltillo Young Farmer Chapter. He and his wife Amy reside north of Winnsboro near Greenwood and are the proud parents of a daughter and a son.