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    Agricultural Business Development Center Staff

    Stephanie Shirk | Director of Agriculture Business Development Center

    Corinne Elliott | Business & Risk Management Specialist

    Michele Brookins | Administrative Assistant

    All email correspondence can be sent to: Email: RA-AgBusiness@pa.gov

     

    Agricultural Business Development Center Advisory Board

    Russell Redding - Secretary, PA Department of Agriculture

    Jared Grissinger – Governors Action Team, PA Department of Community & Economic Development

    Troy Ott – Dean, Penn State College of Agricultural Science

    Dwight Rohrer – Senior V.P., Bank of Bird-in-Hand

    Brad Wentzel – SVP, Business Services, Horizon Farm Credit

    Paul Semmel – Dairy Farm Owner/Operator & Conservation Districts Representative

    Dr. Joseph Bender – Large Animal Veterinarian; University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine

    Chris Sigmund – President, TeamAg, Inc.

    Lamar King – Financial Advisor, Bare Wealth Advisors

    Jason Frye – Pleasant Lane Farms Creamery, LLC

    Jennifer Denchak Wetzel, Esq. – Attorney, Hazen Law Group

     

    Agricultural Business Development Center Partners

    PA Farm Link: PA Farm Link | Non-Profit Organization Helping PA Farmers

    Keystone Development Center: Home (kdc.coop)

    PA Small Business Development Center: Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (PASBDC) - Pennsylvania SBDC

    Team Pennsylvania: Team PA Foundation

    Penn State Law Center for Agriculture and Shale Law: Center for Agricultural and Shale Law – PennState Law (psu.edu)

    PA Aquaculture Council: Jennifer Reed-Harry, jrharry@pennag.com