Nancy DeLong will be serving as interim executive director of the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) Board of Directors.  She will begin her new post on February 22, when Karen Scanlon leaves to join Dairy Management, Inc.

“Nancy is the perfect choice for CTIC’s interim executive director,” said Alan Ayers of Bayer CropScience, CTIC board chair. “She knows the organization, its staff and board well, she’s been active in ag sustainability issues for many years and she brings vast experience and knowledge about ag conservation as well as. We are delighted to bring her leadership to CTIC to guide us through this transition.”

Nancy most recently served as the DuPont Pioneer Global Director of Sustainable Agriculture Systems directing efforts in conservation-based agriculture to help farmers and ranchers protect their freedom to operate and improve their livelihoods while being the best stewards of natural resources. While in that role, Nancy served on CTIC’s Board of Directors until leaving DuPont Pioneer in January 2016.

Prior to joining Pioneer in 1990, Nancy worked in the financial and insurance services industries in human resources and has worked as a college career counselor. Nancy has a Bachelor of Science, with honors, in Psychology from the University of Iowa, and a Master of Science in Counseling and Guidance from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She serves on the Sand County Foundation Board, Iowa Soybean Association Research Advisory Council and Dallas County Conservation Board in Iowa.

“Nancy’s years of experience working with agriculture industry, public agencies and a vast network of agriculture and conservation stakeholders will serve us well as she helps to advance CTIC’s many coordinated projects and watershed activities,” said Lara Moody of The Fertilizer Institute, CTIC board vice chair.

The search for a full-time executive director is underway. For more information, visit http://www.ctic.org/CTIC HOME/Careers/.