Agri-Pulse Founder and CEO Sara Wyant has been named The McAllister Top Management Fellow by the Software Information Industry Association and will spend three days talking to students and faculty at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism this fall.

“For more than 40 years, The McAllister Top Management Fellow has imparted B2B journalism and information services wisdom to students at Medill/Northwestern,”  said Abe Peck, director of business-to-business communications and professor emeritus in service in the Medill School.

He noted that Wyant is an award-winning agricultural journalist, entrepreneur and founder of Agri-Pulse Communications Inc., a unique digital media firm she launched in 2004 to focus on farm, food and rural policy issues.

The honor was announced during the recent Business Information and Media Summit in New Orleans.

The fellowship is endowed by Mr. and Mrs. Donald McAllister, Jr., and Ms. Liane McAllister Romaine, in honor of the late Donald McAllister, Sr., who was active in specialized business media for more 70 years. Fellows are selected by SIIA Media in collaboration with Peck. Some of the most recent awardees include:

  • Heather Farley, CEO, Access Intelligence
  • Chris Ferrell, CEO, Endeavor Business Media, 2024
  • Sean Griffey, CEO, Industry Dive
  • Elizabeth Green, CEO, Brief Media
  • KC Crain, President and CEO, Crain Communications            
  • Tony Uphoff, then-CEO, Thomas                                           
  • Marion Minor, CEO, EPG Specialty Media                             
  • Jeff Klein, Executive Chairman, 1105 Media
  • Ed Gillette, CEO, Scranton Gillette
  • Doug Manoni, then CEO, Source Media, now CEO, Cyberrisk Alliance
  • David Kieselstein, Penton/then-chairman, MidOcean Executive Board
  • Tom Kemp, CEO, Northstar Travel Group
  • Don Pazour, CEO, Access Intelligence                                    
  • Andy Weber, CEO, Farm Journal Media      

About Agri-Pulse: Agri-Pulse is the most trusted source for agricultural, food, and rural policy information in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, Calif., providing a balanced perspective on a wide variety of issues including the farm bill, nutrition, trade, labor, food safety, water, environment, biotechnology, organic, conservation, and crop insurance. Agri-Pulse publishes a subscription-only e-newsletter, the Agri-Pulse Daily Harvest early morning news summary, Agri-Pulse Daybreak, Agri-Pulse DriveTime podcast, Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, and breaking news on Agri-Pulse.com.