US (MO): Farm Bureau’s Chris Chinn appointed Director of Ag Dept.
Chinn’s Farm Bureau roots go deep. She has served as county Farm Bureau president, on the board of directors of Missouri Farm Bureau and as chair of AFBF’s national Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee. She also completed AFBF’s Partners in Agricultural Leadership program, a two-year, intensive training program that equips agricultural leaders with executive-level skills to become effective advocates in their communities, agricultural organizations and in government.
In 2013 Chinn was named a winner in the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance’s Faces of Farming & Ranching program.
Richard Fordyce, Chinn’s predecessor at the Missouri Department of Agriculture, also previously served as chair of AFBF’s national YF&R Committee.
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