U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has named Brad Pfaff to be the Director of the Farm Service Agency in Wisconsin. Since 1997, Pfaff has been a Policy Advisor to U.S. Representative Ron Kind. Prior to this he worked on Senator Herbert Kohl’s state staff performing constituent outreach. He now provides guidance on agricultural and natural resource issues, convenes listening sessions with agricultural producers and commodity groups, and has contributed to farm bill and dairy legislation.Prior to his work with Congressman Kind, Pfaff was a legislative staff member for Wisconsin State Representative Virgil Roberts. Pfaff was an instructor at Marymount University in government studies. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from George Mason University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Stan Gruszynski will serve as Wisconsin State Director for Rural Development at the USDA. Gruszynski is currently the director of Rural Leadership and Community Development for the Global Environmental Management Center at the University of Wisconsin’s Stevens Point College of Natural Resources. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Public Affairs for USDA Rural Development in Stevens Point for seven years. Gruszynski was also appointed acting State Director for several months in 2003.
From 1984-1994, he represented the 71st district in the Wisconsin State Assembly and served on both the rural affairs and natural resources committees. Gruszynski served as the Majority Caucus Director for the Wisconsin State Senate and is currently a board member on several environmental and academic organizations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Northland College in Wisconsin.
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