NASDA WELCOMES MCKINNEY AS NEWEST MEMBER OF POLICY STAFF
News Date July 20, 2010
NASDA welcomed this week Brad McKinney as a Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Specialist, focusing on rural development, financial security, interstate meat sales, energy, dairy and nutrition.
Prior to joining NASDA, he served in the Indianapolis and Washington, D.C. offices of U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana. Following his tenure with Senator Lugar, he spent time as Coalitions Director for Oregon gubernatorial candidate and high tech entrepreneur, Allen Alley.
A Midwesterner by birth – his hometown is Fishers, Indiana – Brad’s immediate and extended families have devoted their lives to agriculture. They continue to operate the family farm in Tipton, Indiana, where Brad spent a great deal of time working since childhood. Brad graduated from Purdue University in 2007 with a degree in Agricultural Sales and Marketing. (Contact: Stephen Haterius)