US Wheat Associates : Catherine Miller Joins U.S. Wheat Associates as Programs and Planning Coordinator

ARLINGTON, Virginia - U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) welcomes Catherine Miller to its Arlington, VA, headquarters office staff as Programs and Planning Coordinator effective January 2, 2018. In this role, Miller will support programs by coordinating trade teams and short course programs with USW's overseas offices and state wheat commissions. She will also support planning with its annual Unified Export Strategy (UES) review process. She will report to Vice President of Programs and Planning Jennifer Sydney.

'Catherine's enthusiasm for the agricultural industry will be an asset to our work at USW,' said Sydney.

Miller joins USW after graduatingcum laude from Auburn University May 2017, earning a bachelor's degree in agriculture business and economics. A native of Virginia, she gained valuable experience as a Pathways intern for the USDA at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), where she developed reports for USDA supported activities in Food Safety and Climate Change and worked with the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. Miller was also an active member of the Agriculture Economics Club at Auburn University and is currently a sustaining member of the National Charity League, having volunteered more than 150 hours.

USW is the wheat industry's export market development organization working to promote all six classes of U.S. wheat in more than 100 countries. Its activities are made possible through producer checkoff dollars managed by 17 state wheat commissions and cost-share funding provided by USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service.

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