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Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Kayla Ungar as the special adviser for climate, water, and drought at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and Audrey Denney now serves as the vice president of business development for ag and rural at Pathion Holdings.

Autumn Price moves to a new role and American Farmland Trust has hired Bonnie Michelle McGill as the senior climate and soil health scientist and Rachel Seman-Varner as the senior soil health and biochar scientist.

Michael Torrey Associates has brought Katie Naessens onto its policy team and Autumn Price announed she is leaving Land O’Lakes.

The Department of Agriculture has filled six senior staff positions, and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has added two to its policy team.

Jeanne Merrill is stepping down from the California Climate and Agriculture Network where she was the founding policy director.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected Joby Young as its new executive vice president, and USDA announced the names of five officials who will lead state Rural Development and Farm Service Agency offices.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected Joby Young, a former Trump administration official with Capitol Hill experience, as its new executive vice president.

President Joe Biden has picked five officials from across the country to head up local Agriculture Department efforts.

Sammy Duda has been named CEO-elect of DUDA and Robert Verloop has been named executive director and chief executive officer of the California Walnut Board and the California Walnut Commission.