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Russell Redding

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Russell Redding
Secretary of Agriculture of Pennsylvania
Assumed office
May 13, 2015
GovernorTom Wolf
Preceded byGeorge Greig
In office
2009 – January 18, 2011
GovernorEd Rendell
Preceded byDennis C. Wolff
Succeeded byGeorge Greig
Personal details
SpouseNina Redding
ChildrenTwo
ResidenceGettysburg, Pennsylvania
Alma materPennsylvania State University

Russell C. Redding is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, having been nominated by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and confirmed in May 2015. He had previously served in that role in the administration of Governor Ed Rendell from 2009 until 2011. He also served as an agricultural policy adviser to U.S. Senator Harris Wofford.[1][2] He was the dean of the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at Delaware Valley College. He serves as Chair of the USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture.

References

  1. ^ "PA Department of Agriculture Secretary". Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "PA-Gov: Wolf Signs First Bills, Nine Cabinet Members are Approved". PoliticsPA. May 14, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.