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Russell Redding
2015 - Present
2027
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Russell Redding is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture. Redding assumed office in 2015. Redding's current term ends on January 19, 2027.
Redding was nominated by Governor Tom Wolf (D) on January 20, 2015, and confirmed by the state senate in May 2015.[1][2] He was reappointed by Governor-elect Josh Shapiro (D) on January 10, 2023.[3]
Biography
Redding was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania. He worked in Washington D.C. as the agricultural policy advisor to former U.S. Senator Harris Wofford as well as served for 16 years at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Redding acted as secretary of the department from 2009-2011, when he left to become Delaware Valley College’s dean of agriculture and environmental sciences.
He served as chair of the USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture.[4]
Education
- B.S., in agriculture education, Penn State
- M.S., in agriculture and extension education, Penn State
- Graduate, Agribusiness Executive program, Penn State[4]
Political career
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture (2011-2015)
Redding was nominated for office as the Secretary of Agriculture, and confirmed by the state senate in May 2015.[2]
Appointments
2023
Redding was reappointed by Governor-elect Josh Shapiro (D) on January 10, 2023.[3]
2015
Redding was nominated as Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture by Gov. Tom Wolf (D) on January 20, 2015, and confirmed by the state senate on May 14, 2015.[2]
Personal
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Russell, his wife and two sons reside in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.[4]
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Delaware Valley College, "Russell Redding will become Pennsylvania's Secretary of Agriculture," January 13, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nick Field, Politics PA, "PA-Gov: Wolf Signs First Bills, Nine Cabinet Members are Approved," May 14, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Politics PA, "Shapiro Announces Three More Cabinet Appointments," January 10, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, "PA Department of Agriculture Acting Secretary," accessed March 25, 2015
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