Renée St. Jacques is Director of Public Policy at New York Farm Bureau where she leads the policy team's advocacy work on state and federal policy issues impacting agriculture. 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.