| Kier, an accomplished musician and songwriter from Nashville, has worked with such entertainers as Oprah Winfrey, Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers and the late Roy Orbison and was voted one of the National College Entertainers of the Year by the National Association of Campus Activities. |
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| Bob Stallman, a rice and cattle producer from Columbus, Texas, is serving his fourth term as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Earlier this year he was appointed to the White House Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, the committee at the top of a multi-tiered system to advise the president and Congress on proposed trade agreements. He previously served on the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade.
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| Dan Rotenberg is agricultural attache' for the delegation of the European Commission to the United States. |
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| Betty Wolanyk is director of education and research for the American Farm Bureau Federation and a former director of the New York Agriculture in the Classroom program and the national AITC program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She also previously operated the consulting firm Ag Literacy Works. |
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| Dean Merrilees has served as Australia’s minister counsellor for agriculture in Washington since 2006. He previously was general manager of animal and plant health policy within the Product Integrity, Animal and Plant Health Division of Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. |
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| Gov. Tim Kaine became Virginia’s 70th governor in January 2006 and previously served as the commonwealth’s lieutenant governor under then-Gov. Mark Warner. His work during the Warner administration to reform the state budget and invest new resources in education led Governing magazine to recognize Virginia in 2005 as the Best Managed State in America. Kaine also previously served for seven years as city councilman and mayor of Richmond and taught at the University of Richmond Law School. |
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| LaDonna Gatlin literally grew up on stage, singing with her siblings, the Gatlin Brothers, though her career path later diverged from theirs. Today she is a solo artist and contributing author to the best-selling book series Chicken Soup for the Soul. |
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| David M. Chilton is director of analytical services and senior sales analyst for Universal Leaf Tobacco Co. Inc. and chairman of the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom board. He is a past chairman of the Virginia Agribusiness Council board of directors and a 2005 recipient of the council’s Distinguished Service Award. |
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| The Capitol Steps began as a group of U.S. Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. While not all of the current members are former Capitol Hill staffers, they have worked in 18 Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience. Now in their 26th year of performing, the Steps have recorded 27 albums and have been featured on network television and National Public Radio. |
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