Renée St. Jacques is Senior Associate Director of Public Policy and Promotion & Engagement at New York Farm Bureau and works on a variety of policy issues, including renewable energy, climate, cannabis and food policy. She resides near her family’s farm in Washington County, New York where they used to raise sheep, but continue to produce maple syrup and train dogs for livestock herding. She received her master’s degree in leadership from SUNY Plattsburg and is a graduate of LeadNY. Prior to joining NYFB, she worked with farmers in Cameroon for two years as a Peace Corps agribusiness volunteer.