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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has appointed Katy Mastman as the agency's acting assistant for labor and Thad Bettner is the new executive director of the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors.
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai has appointed Katy Mastman as the acting assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor, and the North American Renderers Association has selected Jennifer Wilson to be the association’s new EU-UK Representative.
Daniel Mathieson has been tapped as the next president of the Americas for Driscoll’s, and Stacy McBride has been named Husch Blackwell Strategies’ first executive vice president of federal government affairs.
Blake Zante has been named as the new executive director of The Kenneth L. Maddy Institute and Robin Vercruse has been named the executive director of the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition.
In this week's Farm Hands, the U.S. Trade Representative's office is undergoing staff changes and may get a new nominee for deputy. Plus, we profile several other new jobs and promotions on Capitol Hill, within trade associations and businesses.
Ian LeMay will be beginning a new role as president of the California Table Grape Commission on Jan. 8. He previously served as president of the California Fresh Fruit Association where he had been for the last nine years.
Kevin Shea has been named senior adviser in the Office of the Deputy Secretary at USDA and Veronica Nigh has joined The Fertilizer Institute as the senior economist.
Behind-the-scenes work on the next farm bill was top of mind for Agri-Pulse readers in 2023, with stories about marker bills and lobbying movement heavily featured in the year’s most-read stories.