Gary Millerchip has accepted the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer at Costco. He previously was the senior vice president and chief financial officer at Kroger.
Gary Millerchip, CostcoBeth Tritter now serves as a partner at FGS Global in the government affairs division. She comes to the firm after working for two years at USAID, where she most recently was the director of the COVID-19 response team.
Farmers National Co. has announced the addition of two regional vice presidents. Grant Fitzgerald has been promoted to regional vice president of farm and ranch management. He previously was the vice president of farm and ranch management operations based out of Omaha. Mike Janssen has also been hired as a regional vice president of farm and ranch management. He most recently was a district manager for Iowa with Syngenta Seeds.
John Rozum has moved over to senior director of industry sectors at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. He previously was the senior director of ag and utility exhibitions and events.
Emily Welch is the new staff assistant for the minority side of the Senate Ag Committee. She replaces Bryce McWilliams, who was promoted to legislative aide and special assistant. Welch is a graduate of the University of Florida with a double major in economics and biology. She previously worked as a National Park Service park ranger in the Grand Teton National Park and Glacier National Park.
Bryson Henriott has joined the staff of House Speaker Mike Johnson as the new press assistant. He previously was a legislative correspondent and special assistant to Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Ga.
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DeShawn Blanding has left the House Ag Committee, where he worked for ranking member David Scott, D-Ga., as a senior policy analyst on issues related to local and regional food systems, specialty crops, organic and urban agriculture, historically underserved producers, civil rights and racial justice, agricultural credit, and rural health. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Senate Ag Committee and the Rural Coalition. He has not announced his next job.
Wayne FredericksKellie Bray has joined the board of Midwest Food Bank as a new director. Bray serves as the chief of staff at CropLife America.
Wyatt Brummer has been re-elected chairman and Greg Beck as first vice chairman of the Transportation, Elevator and Grain Merchants Association (TEGMA). Brummer is the vice president-western rail grains at The Scoular Co., and Beck is the chief administrative officer and senior vice president of CGB Enterprises. Aaron Reid, chief operating officer of J.D. Heiskell and Co., was elected second vice chairman. Other officers newly elected include Angela Caddell, BNSF Railway; Jason Hess, Union Pacific Railroad; Greg Beck, CGB Enterprises; Justin Cauley, CHS Inc.; Shaun Meiners, The Andersons; and Trent Schairer, Bartlett Grain Co.
Conservationist and Iowa farmer Wayne Fredericks died on Feb. 7, after fighting cancer. He was 72. He referred to himself as an “accidental conservationist,” farming in northern Iowa for over 50 years. Fredericks served on the American Soybean Association’s board of directors and most recently won the 2022 American Soybean Association Conservation Legacy Award.
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