After the 2022 midterm elections, NASDA gained a significant change in membership. Meet all the new commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture!
NASDA members are either elected by the citizens of their states or appointed by their governor, in exception of New Mexico, where the Secretary of Agriculture is appointed by the New Mexico State University Board of Regents.
New Members
Elected: Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Florida
Elected: Commissioner Tyler Harper, Georgia
Appointed: Chairperson Sharon Hurd, Hawaii
Appointed: Director Chanel Tewalt, Idaho
Appointed: Secretary Kevin Atticks, Maryland
Appointed: Director Sherry Vinton, Nebraska
Appointed: Director J.J. Goicoechea, Nevada
Appointed: Director Brian Baldridge, Ohio
