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04.23.21 Newsletter, NGFA

CAPs get a virtual ‘D.C. Experience’

NGFA’s current Committee Apprentice Program (CAP) class participated in two days of virtual meetings with NGFA staff, government agencies and lawmakers this week.

April 20-21 marked the annual “CAP D.C. Experience,” during which CAPs advocate for NGFA priority issues with lawmakers and their staff and visit with staff from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and other relevant agencies.

Keynote speakers kicked off each day of meetings by addressing the full group of CAPs. Speakers included Eyang Garrison, chief of staff in the Office of the Deputy Secretary at USDA, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa.

Priority issues that the CAPs covered in their meetings with lawmakers included: promoting working lands conservation over land-idling programs, approving critical infrastructure funding, and pursuing additional trade agreements.

Due to the disruptions caused by COVID-19, NGFA extended the term of the 2020-2021 CAPs to include program year 2021-2022. NGFA will accept new CAP applications in December 2021 for the 2022-2023 CAP year.

The CAP year typically runs between NGFA’s annual conventions. A limited number of apprentice positions are available – generally, one to three per committee, based on committee size. Those interested must apply for selection, including completing an application form and sending in a resume and letter of recommendation from the applicant’s current supervisor.

Read more about the CAP experience in Grain Journal: “NGFA Committee Apprentice Program Allows Participants To Develop Skills, Career.”

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Lacy Holleman
Manager of Legal Affairs and Arbitration

lholleman@ngfa.org

Lacy provides staff support for one of NGFA’s premier member services – its more than century old system of industry trade rules and arbitration that facilitates the efficient marketing of grains, oilseeds and their derived products. She also works on contracting, legal and other related matters.

An Arkansas native, Lacy received her undergraduate degree with a double major in history and Russian studies from the University of Tulsa (Okla.) and her law degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Prior to joining NGFA’s staff in November 2020, she managed a local business at the Pentagon and completed mediation training required by the North Carolina Supreme Court for those seeking to serve as mediators for settlement conferences and other settlement procedures in North Carolina Superior Court civil actions. She also has worked as an assistant for a law firm in her native state.