Mary joined DFA in 2018 in the Cooperative’s Washington, D.C., location. In her current role as vice president of government relations, she aids DFA’s legislative affairs team in efforts to support dairy policy. Previously, Mary spent eight years working for House Agriculture Committee and Ranking Member Collin Peterson where she was the lead staffer for the livestock subcommittee and was integral in crafting new dairy policy legislation. Before her time with the House Agriculture Committee, she served as manager of government relations for National Milk Producers Federation in Arlington, Va. Mary was raised on her family’s dairy and cash crop farm in Omro, Wis