Jessica Clowser Burkham has been promoted to director of policy development and legislative research for the Arkansas Farm Bureau. She previously was the director of commodity activities and economics for aquaculture, forestry and specialty crops at the Farm Bureau.
In her new role, Burkham will direct the organization’s policy development program and be responsible for researching, compiling and maintaining information and materials related to the Farm Bureau’s legislative and regulatory activities at the state and national levels.
In her previous role, Burkham addressed legislative, regulatory and economic affairs important to Farm Bureau members, helped outline topics for policy development, managed administrative functions for commodity checkoff boards and assisted producers enrolling for Wildfire & Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus funds.
Before joining the Farm Bureau, Burkham spent six years in Washington, D.C., as a legislative assistant for U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska, where she advised on legislative issues for the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee and the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee. She also worked to negotiate and advance priorities for the 2014 and 2018 farm bills.
Burkham holds an undergraduate degree in animal science from the University of Nebraska and two graduate degrees, one in business administration from Indiana University and the other in agricultural economics from Purdue University.
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