Greg began his service as Director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture in June 2005, receiving the appointment from Governor Dave Heineman after he had spent the previous six and half years in the Assistant Director role.

However his work in and for Nebraska agriculture began in his youth on his family’s Sumner, Nebraska, farm. He has spent most of his life farming there. With the help of his family, he continues to maintain a cow/calf and grain operation in that area, in addition to serving as director. He shuttles between Sumner and Lincoln regularly, and to some degree assists with all programs of Nebraska Department Agriculture.

Prior to starting his Sumner operation, Greg worked for Farm Credit Services as a loan officer and, later, as an assistant vice president.

In his Nebraska Department of Agriculture role, Greg works extensively on agriculture policy issues at both the state and federal levels and helps promote Nebraska’s agricultural products in foreign and domestic markets.

Greg has past agricultural organization experience, including service as chairman and treasurer of the Nebraska Beef Council, and as a divisional officer in the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. He also was district chairman for the Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Rancher Committee. Greg remains an active member of the Nebraska Farm Bureau and the Nebraska Cattlemen. He recently was selected to be a member of the Agriculture Builders of Nebraska.

He also is currently active at the national level. Since 2001 he has served on the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products. In 2002 he became a member of the National Identification Development Team, a mix of industry, state and federal partners working on the United States Animal Identification Plan.

Greg has a bachelor of science degree in agriculture from the University of Nebraska, with majors in Animal Science and Agricultural Economics. He and his wife, Teresa, have three children.