Study Group: U.S. Department of Agriculture Experts: Legal, Economic, and Regulatory Affairs(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 29
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Director of Governmental Affairs
American Corn Growers Association
Larry Mitchell is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Corn Growers Association in Washington, DC. Previously, Mr. Mitchell served as Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs of the Farm Service Agency of The United States Department of Agriculture and Deputy Vice President at Commodity Credit...
Jeff StierAssociate Director
American Council on Science and Health
Jeff Stier is an Associate Director at the American Council on Science and Health, a public health and consumer advocacy organization dedicated to promoting sound science in public health. In this position, he is responsible for government relations, policy, legal affairs and development. Mr. Stier...
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Book Hill Partners
Eric Vaughn is a Partner at Book Hill Partners in Washington, DC, where he specializes in energy policy, environmental regulations, value-added agriculture, and trade policy issues. He has more than 25 years of technical, financial, legal, and political experience with the production, blending, delivery...
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DTB ASSOCIATES, LLP
Mark Sloan is a Partner at DTB Associates in Washington, DC, where he specialized in market access analysis related to both the WTO agricultural negotiations and U.S. Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Mr. Sloan has provided advice to the U.S. pork, grain, rice, almond and potato industries, as well...
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DTB ASSOCIATES, LLP
Kyd Brenner is a Partner at DTB Associates in Washington, DC, where he focuses on international food and feed safety and standards, trade in products of modern biotechnology and the interface between science and trade policy. Previously, he was Vice President of the Corn Refiners Association. Mr. Brenner...
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