Lorraine Merrill
Lorraine Merrill is a former New Hampshire commissioner of agriculture. Merrill was appointed by Gov. John Lynch in 2007, and reappointed by Governor Maggie Hassan to a second five-year term in 2013.[1][2] Merrill announced on September 7, 2017, that she would retire from her position, remaining in office only until a successor was confirmed. Her last day in office was December 8, 2017.[3][4]
Biography
Merrill is a co-owner of Stuart Farm, a 270-acre dairy enterprise with 240 milking cows and nearly 200 head of young cattle situated at the edge of the Great Bay Estuary.[2] She also works as the field editor of Hoards Dairyman and as a policy fellow at the Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.[1]
Education
- 1973: B.A., University of New Hampshire[1]
Political career
Commissioner of Agriculture (2007-2017)
Merrill was sworn into a five-year term as the New Hampshire commissioner of agriculture on December 6, 2007, and reappointed to a second five-year term in 2013. She declined to seek a third term in office.[5][4]
Appointments
2007
Merrill was appointed to serve as the New Hampshire commissioner of agriculture in 2007.[6]
2015
Merril was reappointed to a second term as the New Hampshire commissioner of agriculture in 2013.
Personal
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Merrill and her husband, John, have one child, Nathan.[1]
See also
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External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- New Hampshire Department of Agriculture - Office of the Commissioner
- About Commissioner Lorraine Merrill
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Project Vote Smart, "Biography" accessed November 3, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Seacoastonline.com, "Lorraine Merrill retires from state’s top agriculture post," December 3, 2017
- ↑ New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, "Commissioner" accessed November 3, 2012
- ↑ Food and Community Fellows, "Lorraine Stuart Merrill," 2007
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