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3 days ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director Mike Wade will step down in February. He has led the organization since 1998. During his tenure, Wade has expanded the organization’s public education and outreach programs to reach tens of millions of customers annually.
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3 days ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
The Animal Health Institute named Gene Harrington senior director of state affairs effective July 8. He joins the organization from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, where he worked the past 10 years, recently as senior director of agriculture and environment state affairs. Harrington earlier worked for the National Pest Management Association. Bob Ellison, a trained broadcast journalist with decades of experience, joined Agri-Pulse as managing editor.
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1 week ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
Katie Hagen resigned as director of the California Department of Industrial Relations effective in July. She will join the Sacramento-based firm CPS HR Consulting as chief executive officer. Her departure marks the end of a five-year term that began in 2020. Earlier in her career, Hagen was chief deputy director of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and deputy director of operations at the California Department of Human Resources. David H.
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1 week ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
Faith Parum hasjoined the American Farm Bureau Federation as an economist. She was previously an economist in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. She earned a doctorate from Texas A&M University and completed two internships with USDA. Wayne Stoskopf was promoted to senior director of public policy for risk management and legislative strategy at the National Corn Growers Association. He has been with NCGA for five years, recently in a director role.
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1 week ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
Faith Parum hasjoined the American Farm Bureau Federation as an economist. She was previously an economist in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. She earned a doctorate from Texas A&M University and completed two internships with USDA. Wayne Stoskopf was promoted to senior director of public policy for risk management and legislative strategy at the National Corn Growers Association. He has been with NCGA for five years, recently in a director role.
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2 weeks ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
Brian Glenn joined the American Farm Bureau Federation as director of government affairs focused on farm bill issues. He worked for CropLife America for six and a half years, recently as senior director of federal government relations. Roger Cryan is no longer with AFBF. He was chief economist the past three and a half years. The National Grain and Feed Association hired Allison Rivera as vice president of government and industry affairs.
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2 weeks ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
Ocean Mist Farms hired Jeff Fulton as senior director of commodity vegetable sales. He will be responsible for driving profitability, executing sales and marketing strategies. Fulton joins Ocean Mist from Dole Vegetable Co., where he worked for three decades in sales and product management, most recently as vice president of fresh pack sales and product manager. Richard Uchida joined Ippolito International as sales and commodity manager.
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3 weeks ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
The Almond Board of California has picked new members of its board, which is made up of five handler and five grower representatives. Grower position nominees include Paul Ewing of Atwater and Brandon Rebiero of Modesto. Grower alternates include Tobin Barth of Esparto and Brad Klump of Escalon. Chad DeRose of McFarland and Darren Rigg of Le Grand were named to handler positions with Dinesh Bajaj of Orland being named a handler position alternate.
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3 weeks ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
Martha Smith was promoted to vice president of North America agricultural affairs and license to operate at Bayer Crop Science. She will join Bayer’s North America crop science leadership team. Smith succeeds Duane Simpson, who was recently named the next CEO and president of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. The National Pork Producers Council named Shannon McMurtrey-Belson senior director of international affairs.
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1 month ago | 
agri-pulse.com | Lydia Johnson
Mike McGuire, president pro tempore of the state Senate, appointed Hermosa Beach city council member Ray Jackson to the South Coast seat on the California Coastal Commission. Jackson retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel after a nearly 30-year career. He is a member of the Clean Power Alliance, president-elect of the Independent Cities Association and has served as an elected member of the Hermosa Beach City Council since 2021. Kapi Kapi Growers hired Marissa Geoffroy as director of supply chain.
