Items Tagged with 'Farm Journal Foundation'

Former Biotechnology Innovation Organization vice president Beth Ellikidis joined Syngenta as director of federal affairs. Former Senate Ag Committee staffer Darin Guries will join the Futures Industry Association as vice president of U.S. government relations. Quivira hired former Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small as executive director. Reed Middleton joined Monument Advocacy as a government relations manager on the food and agriculture team.

Longtime U.S. Cattlemen’s Association lobbyist Lia Biondo passed away unexpectedly on July 24. The Pet Food Institute promoted Atalie Ebersole to vice president of government relations and Dana Waters to director of international affairs. The Northeast Dairy Producers Association hired Allyson Jones-Brimmer as executive director. Former U.S. Agency for International Development staff member Grace Burton joined the Farm Journal Foundation as director of government affairs. 

The Agriculture Department announced a slate of new political appointments, including many names familiar to the food and agriculture community: Trey Forsyth, Kelsey Barnes, Bill Beam and Tucker Stewart, among others. 

The National Corn Growers Association hired Gretchen Kuck as an economist. John Stewart was promoted to senior adviser of government affairs at Elanco. Mark Sanborn joined the Environmental Protection Agency as a regional administrator in Boston.