The Animal Agriculture Alliance is excited to announce additions to their staff and Board of Directors.

Rossie Blinson will join the team as the Manager of Membership and Marketing. She is a third generation cattle breeder and former National Cattlemen’s Beef Association intern. Blinson recently graduated from North Carolina State University and earned a degree Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Business Management and minor in Animal Science.

“Rossie’s passion for animal agriculture shines through in everything she does,” said Alliance President and CEO Kay Johnson Smith. “In the four short months of her internship she has proven herself invaluable and we can’t wait to kick off our 2015 fiscal year knowing that she’ll be a permanent member of our team.”

There will also be three significant additions to the Alliance Board of Directors: Rebecca Cisek (Zoetis); Dr. Dave Sjeklocha (Cattle Empire, LLC); and Terry Wehrkamp (Cooper Farms) will join the other 28 board members, each of whom serve a term of three years.

Additionally, Tom Super Vice President of Communications for the National Chicken Council will replace Dr. Ashley Peterson on the Alliance board; Delbert Christensen will replace Ronald Ohlde as United Soybean Board’s representative; and Ann Nogan, Executive Vice President at the Pennsylvania Center for Beef Excellence will replace Barbara Jackson as the representative for the American National CattleWomen.