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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden to speak at World Ag Expo - Women in Ag for Mentoring and Empowerment (WAME) Seminar

Tulare, CA (AgPR), Feb. 3, 2016 -- The World Ag Expo will feature a seminar session with one of the nation’s top agricultural leaders. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden is a featured panelist during the women’s seminar series. Harden will join California Secretary of Agriculture, Karen Ross, and Tulare County Agriculture Commissioner Marilyn Kinoshita on the Future of Agriculture panel, moderated by AgNet West News DirectorSabrina Hill.  The Future of Agriculture panel session is scheduled for Wednesday, February 10, at 2:00 p.m. in Seminar Room 3. Admission to the seminar is free with paid admission to the expo. This is the first year for the women’s seminar series, which is sponsored by Women in Ag for Mentoring and Empowerment (WAME).

Krysta Harden was sworn in as the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on August 12, 2013 after unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Deputy Secretary Harden helps lead the department, working to strengthen the American agricultural economy and revitalize our nation’s rural communities.

Karen Ross was appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture on January 12, 2011, by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Secretary Ross has deep leadership experience in agricultural issues nationally, internationally, and here in California. Prior to joining CDFA, Secretary Ross was chief of staff for U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a position she accepted in 2009. Prior to that appointment, she served as President of the California Association of Winegrape Growers from 1996-2009, and as Vice-President of the Agricultural Council of California from 1989-1996. Before moving to California, Secretary Ross served as Director of Government Relations for the Nebraska Rural Electric Association and as Field Representative for U.S. Senator Edward Zorinsky.

Marilyn Kinoshita joined the Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner’s department as an inspector in 1993, and has since worked in most of the divisions within the department. She began her Tulare County career working in pesticide use enforcement, and then served as a standards and quarantine inspector before becoming the department’s Dinuba District Inspector in 1999.

Sabrina Hill is the Farm News Director for AgNet West Radio Network and host of its Farm City Newsday. An award-winning journalist, Hill has a background of more than 20 years as a news professional. She has worked in print and television news as well as radio. She is an active member of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, and was elected by her peers as the 2016-17 Western Region Vice President. In addition, she is the chairperson for the NAFB’s news service committee.

Other seminar topics and titles include: Reaching a New Level of Consumer Understanding; Varying Careers for Women in Agriculture; Effective Lobbying for Agriculture; Networking and several others. For a full list of seminars, www.worldagexpo.com/seminars.
 

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