Amanda De Jong was named CEO of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Mary Beth Schultz joined Wiley’s food & drug practice as a partner. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee named Andy Holt Tennessee agriculture commissioner effective Oct. 1. Missouri Farm Bureau hired TaylorAnn Washburn as director of marketing and commodities.
Former USDA deputy undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services Cindy Long joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as a national adviser in the firm’s health care group. Devin Cole was named chief operating officer at Tyson Foods. Combest, Sell & Associates hired Greyson Castillo as an associate. Sarah Ash Simpson will join the Indiana Soybean Alliance as senior director of public policy and industry affairs.