Jason Frerichs served in the House from 2008-2010, where he was the minority whip. From 2010-2018, he served in the state senate, becoming minority leader. Frerichs owns and works on the family farm and has been a vocational agriculture teacher. [node:read-more:link]

A third generation Osage County (OK) cattle rancher, Senator Fields served from 2010-2018. He is the SARL Vice President. [node:read-more:link]

Ralph Eichler was first elected as the MLA in 2003. In 2016, he was sworn in as Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture. Ralph is the former owner and operator of Prairie Farm and Ranch Supply, and currently owns Ray’s Auction Service. He has been a board member of SARL for more than a decade. [node:read-more:link]

John G. Edwards was first elected to the Rhode Island House in November 2008, where he serves as the House majority whip. He works as project manager for Carlin Construction Company. [node:read-more:link]

Eliza Halcomb is the Medical Sciences and Outreach Lead for Bayer. She is an Emergency Medicine physician and Medical Toxicologist with a long-standing interest in Global Health. After completing her Toxicology Fellowship at NYU in 2006, Dr. Dunn returned to Washington University in St. Louis and started an ACGME accredited fellowship in Medical Toxicology. [node:read-more:link]

Representative Dent was first elected in 2014. He is a professional pilot, flight instructor and owner of Tom Dent Aviation, a crop dusting business. [node:read-more:link]

Donovan M. Dela Cruz was elected to the senate in 2010. He is currently working working on a Doctorate in Architecture at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. [node:read-more:link]

Representative DeCoite is serving her second term in the House.She is a third generation homestead farmer, owner of L&R Farms Enterprises [node:read-more:link]

Representative Creagan, M.D., has served in the House since 2014. He is a physician, and has been a researcher, farmer, Peace Corps volunteer and educator. [node:read-more:link]

Christina Connelly has served as Trade Commissioner for Agri-Food at the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis since 2014, where her role is to facilitate trade and investment opportunities between Canada and the US-Upper Midwest in agriculture and food. Previously, Christina worked for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for seven years managing international trade programs and bioenergy policy efforts. [node:read-more:link]