Shawn Goemmer, Advisory Board member
Rancher and cowboy
The Working Ranch Cowboys Association board of directors elected Shawn Goemmer as its president in 2021. Goemmer, his wife, and their two daughters live in Battle Mountain, Nevada.
"Shawn and the entire Goemmer family have given so much to WRCA over the years. They are ranchers and that brings a certain understanding," said Leman Wall, WRCA association manager. "He is respected by his peers, and we are fortunate to have him lead the association."
Goemmer has been involved with WRCA, in one form or another, almost since its inception. He first attended the World Championship Ranch Rodeo as a spectator during its second year, and has since been a competitor, judge, board member and now president—a position Goemmer says he's humbled to hold. "It's a real honor when people have that kind of faith in you," he says.
The fifth-generation rancher's agricultural roots run deep. Goemmer's family homesteaded in Colorado in the early 1870s and he grew up on the family ranch. He had a successful high school rodeo career and studied ag business at Western Texas College in Snyder. Ranching and cowboying have taken Goemmer throughout the West, and he currently has leased and owned land in Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. He is also a Gold Card member of the PRCA and has been on the board of directors for the Arizona Cowpunchers Crisis Fund for 20 years.