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Perdue heads back to Georgia, the Senate has confirmed Martha Williams as the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jessica Shade has accepted the position of national program leader for USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc., is pleased to announce that Garrett Downs has joined the digital media company as an associate editor.

Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a Minnesota Republican in his second term in Congress and on the House Agriculture Committee, died Thursday after a three-year battle with stage four kidney cancer. He was 59.

Organically Grown has named Brenna Davis as its new CEO, and Lisa Corrigan has become the director of marketing for Prima Wawona.

As the new administrator of the Risk Management Agency, Marcia Bunger is a case study in firsts.

Margaret Zeigler has been named as the United States representative for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, and the National Grocers Association has made several staff promotions.

UnitedAg has tapped Jayson Welter to serve as general counsel and Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Nora Vargas to sit on the California Air Resources Board.

Darci Vetter has joined The Nature Conservancy and EPA Administrator Michael Regan has announced the appointment of Robin Morris Collin to be EPA’s senior adviser to the administrator for environmental justice.

The Consumer Brands Association has promoted John Hewitt and Justin Warren is the new chief financial officer at Del Rey Avocado.

The Biden administration has selected five state leaders to Rural Development and Farm Service Agency offices and the National Pork Board has tapped Dustin Oedekoven as the organization’s new chief veterinarian.