ANCW LEADERSHIP

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Casey Matzke, Texas

Casey Matzke was born and raised in Wharton, Texas and chose to finish her bachelor’s degree at Texas A&M University. Once there, she took an Animal Science class and her love for the Beef industry blossomed. She quickly joined the Aggie Collegiate CattleWomen where she served as Treasurer and President.

While being involved at the Collegiate level, Casey got involved at the State and National level as well. For the past 9 years, she has served as Vice President, President-Elect, President, Past President and is currently serving as an At-Large member of the Executive Board and the Membership Chair. During her time at the State level, she has helped with the creation of 11 new locals as well as helped implement a Grilling 101 program which she learned how to perform from her time interning at the Texas Beef Council. In 2018, she won Texas’s CattleWomen of the Year Award.

At the National level, Casey served as the Vice President and Membership Chair in 2024. She has also served on the Board of Directors for five years with three of those being an At-Large Member representation and two as her State’s Representative. In addition to the Board of Directors Meeting, she also served on the Ways and Means Committee.

Casey graduated with her bachelor’s degree with a double major in Animal Science and Ag Economics. She is currently finishing her master’s degree at Texas A&M University in Animal Science.

Casey currently lives in Rosanky, Texas with her daughter who also has a love for the industry. She works for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, where every day she gets to share and promote her love for the industry. In her spare time, you can find her with a rod and reel on the coast, a book in her hand, or deep in the woods in a hunting stand with her daughter.

VICE PRESIDENT
Debbie Chute, Minnesota

Debbie Chute lives in north central Minnesota near the town of Aitkin, amongst the rivers, lakes and forests that make that part of Minnesota a popular recreation area. It is a quick three-hour drive from the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area so on weekends and holidays the population explodes. Debbie is a lifelong Minnesotan and other than her time spent attending vocational school, has always lived in Aitkin County. Debbie and her husband John own a commercial Red Angus cow/calf ranch with sixty mama cows. They raise their beef from pasture to plate direct marketing beef to customers, some who have been returning for over 30 years. They are in their 44th year of selling farm fresh beef. In addition to working on their farm, Debbie has a full-time job at their local rural electric cooperative. Debbie and John have three grown children living in three different states and eight grandchildren.

Debbie recently completed four years as ANCW Region III Director. Debbie is a graduate of the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program (MARL) a leadership program for agriculture and rural leaders. She has served on the MARL Alumni Committee and has helped planned two alumni trips. She has served as membership chair, secretary, vice president, president-elect, president, past president, and nominating chair for Minnesota CattleWomen. Debbie is involved with her county farm bureau serving as their secretary and treasurer. She has served on Minnesota Farm Bureau’s Political Action Committee.

In her spare time, Debbie enjoys cooking, gardening, and spending time with family. When she has time to relax, you will find her with a book and a cup of coffee. She is looking forward to meeting and spending time with fellow cattle producers and being more active in ANCW!

PAST PRESIDENT
Ruth Coffey, Oklahoma

Ruth Coffey, and her husband, Chuck, fifth generation ranchers, and their children run the Double C Cattle Company in south central Oklahoma, a commercial cow-calf operation. In 2019, the Coffey's were awarded the Oklahoma Aldo Leopold Conservation Award and in 2020 they were the Region IV recipients of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association  Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). ESAP strives to recognize “outstanding stewardship practices and conservation achievements of U.S. cattle producers”. Both Ruth and Chuck have been active in the cattle industry for many years.

Prior to this position, Coffey served in the role of ANCW Region IV Director from 2020-2022 and served as a member on the ANCW Membership and Communications Committee. She was also named the ANCW Promoter of the Year in 2020, Oklahoma CattleWoman of the Year in 2019 and served as the OCW President from 2017-2019.

Her love for education began in her college years as she obtained a BA in Elementary Education and Art at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. After graduation, Coffey taught Art a few years and returned to Texas A&M to obtain a BS in Range Management. She married Chuck following her schooling and started a custom framing studio in Tishomingo, OK.  When the Coffey’s were given the opportunity by her father to live on the family ranch, they raised their children to be working participants on the ranch. After her last child entered school,  Coffey would return to teaching middle school art for a total of 15 years. She retired from teaching to focus on her family ranch and now devotes her time to supporting the beef community on a local, state and national level.