Items Tagged with 'Ella Hommel'

The Nature Conservancy hired Charlton “Chuck” Bonham as California executive director. Stephanie Gross joined the Congressional Western Caucus as a policy adviser. California Farm Bureau re-elected officers, including Shannon Douglass as president, Shaun Crook as as first vice president, and Ron Peterson as second vice president. 

FGS Global hired Mary Nowak Armstrong as managing director. Illinois Farm Bureau delegates have voted in Philip Nelson as their new president. The American Soybean Association made promotions and new hires on the industry relations team: Kate Maher hired as director of state and industry relations, Tracy Snider  promoted to executive director of state and industry relations, and Michelle Hummel  promoted to senior director of industry and stakeholder relations. 

Jamison Cruce left his position as vice president of government relations at USA Rice to launch his own firm, Cruce Capitol Consulting. Jake Westlin, former vice president at the National Association of Wheat Growers, will succeed Cruce at USA Rice. The Senate Ag Committee Republicans hired Carlye Winfrey as a legislative aide. Growth Energy hired Jared Henderson and Emma Keiser as directors of government affairs. 

Martha Smith was promoted to vice president of North America agricultural affairs and license to operate at Bayer Crop Science. The National Pork Producers Council hired Shannon McMurtrey-Belson as senior director of international affairs and Dillon Davidson as director of state policy. Jeremy Witte was sworn in as deputy under secretary of marketing and regulatory programs at USDA.