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Farm Hands West: Wagoner to lead Calif. Circular Action Alliance, Hernandez joins Trinity Fruit Co.

Circular Action Alliance hired Rachel Wagoner as California executive director. Nancy Skinner of Berkeley has been appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to the California Energy Commission.

Trinity Fruit Co. promoted Angela Hernandez to vice president of marketing. Maryam S. Brown, incoming CEO and president of the Southern California Gas Company, was elected as the 2025 chair of the California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.


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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Senate Ag names new communications director, National FFA elects student leaders, Howe to lead WABA

The new communications director for the Senate Ag Committee GOP staff has been named. Raymond Dobert joined Harambe Ag Consulting as a principal. Ethan Matthews was promoted to vice president of government affairs at Wilbur-Ellis.

The National FFA Organization announced six individuals selected to serve on the 2024-25 officer team. Grace Howe will assume the role of executive director at the Wisconsin Agri-Business Association on Nov. 1. The Biotechnology Innovation Organization hired Karin Hoelzer as senior director of patient advocacy.


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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Steiner joins OFW; USDA staff appointments; CoBank taps Burke

Washington veteran Eric Steiner will join Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz’s (OFW) Government Relations’ team as a senior policy advisor. The Agriculture Department announced senior appointments and promotions across the agency, including: Cindy Long, Sean Babington, and Eric Deeble. CoBank named; Sean Burke; as chief financial officer. He will lead the cooperative bank’s finance group. Animal Health Institute president and CEO Mathews will retire at the end of 2024.
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