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President Joe Biden announced new state leaders to USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Rural Development offices and Cathy Burns will become the singular CEO of the International Fresh Produce Association.

President Joe Biden announced new Department of Agriculture leaders Thursday, naming three new state Farm Service Agency leaders and eight individuals to head state Rural Development offices.

Gordon Breschini has been tapped as the new director of national sales for the Calavo Fresh team and Heather Stebbings is now the executive director of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association.

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.