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The Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF<\/a>) is pleased to announce the 2023 class of the Potato Industry Leadership Institute. Over the 10-day program, participants will receive an overview of the local and national potato industry, including some of the challenges and issues beyond the production sector, along with tours of local agricultural businesses while traveling through New York and Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, participants will hear from public policy and communication experts and practice how to effectively deliver key messages. Finally, the class will join other growers from their state to educate members of Congress on U.S. potato industry policy priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2023 Potato Industry Leadership Class includes:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Thomas Baker, Bakersfield, CA
\u2022 Chelsea Gray, Denver, CO
\u2022 Trey Jones, Blanca, CO
\u2022 Kelci Martinez, Monte Vista, CO
\u2022 Brogan Darrington, Declo, ID
\u2022 Dalan Lerwill, Albion, ID
\u2022 Luke Radford, Rupert, ID
\u2022 Danny Deprey, Mars Hill, ME
\u2022 Kenneth Irving, Caribou, ME
\u2022 Eric Makarewicz, Elmira, MI
\u2022 Ryan Pelletier, McMillan, MI
\u2022 Aaron Groves, Jackson, MO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Ben De Jonge, Manhattan, MT
\u2022 Nick Desautel, Grafton, ND
\u2022 Cole Vculek, Crete, ND
\u2022 James Farris, Culver, OR
\u2022 Bryan Bender, Chambersburg, PA
\u2022 John Scheuring, Dalhard, TX
\u2022 Tressa Radach, Moses Lake, WA
\u2022 Chad Sullivan, Pasco, WA
\u2022 Paul Yamane, Moses Lake, WA
\u2022 Nicola Carey, Bancroft, WI
\u2022 Lucas Schroeder, Antigo, WI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mike Phillips of Walther Farms in Three Rivers, Michigan \u2013 a 2022 graduate of the program and the Grower Leader for the 2023 class \u2013 shared, \u201cIt\u2019s easy to get laser focused on your local industry and company. The program allowed me to see the bigger picture and meet some amazing current and future potato industry leaders. Networking during our travels from coast to coast, touring multiple operations, professional business training, and educating Capitol Hill on the industry, sums up the experience of a lifetime!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Potato LEAF, a 501(c)3 organization, works to provide tools, training, and support necessary to develop growers and industry members as leaders. As part of its mission to encourage and train future leaders, the organization seeks to support graduate-level researchers driving innovation within the potato industry. To learn more, visit <\/em>pleaf.org<\/em><\/a>.  <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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