82 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY earning a BS in biology at the University of North Dakota in 1968. Mr. Ehart paused his education the following year after being drafted into the United States military. After completing his honorable service, he returned to North Dakota State University after completing his service. He achieved an MS in entomology and ecology in 1974. Throughout his studies, he traveled extensively, spending time in Peru and teaching at a veterinary school in Iran. In the late 1980s, he pursued additional doctoral coursework in agricultural and environmental policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Ehart has served as chair of the Agriculture Science and Technology Review Board and three of its subcommittees and wrote a column, “The Contrarian Agrarian,” for more than a decade. Though he has the option to retire, he remains passionate and engaged in his work and hopes to continue advocating for farmers for as long as he can. Drawing on more than 50 years of proven experience, Orlo “Bob” Ehart is a proven leader in the field of public policy. Since 2012, he has excelled as a senior policy and science advisor for the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland, regions. In his leadership role, Mr. Ehart has helped shape and implement agricultural production and food safety policy. He originally joined the organization in 2003, operating in various roles since then, including as a public policy director, an animal and plant health coordinator and a regional coordinator. Mr. Ehart’s policy career began in 1976 with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, where he spent over a decade overseeing pesticide control and groundwater contamination mitigation. He was also a manager of issues and policies for CibaGeigy AG from 1989 until 1992, when he founded Next Wave Enterprises, where he would serve as the company’s president for the next decade. Mr. Ehart began his professional journey by studying speech at Minot State University before ORLO “BOB” EHART SENIOR POLICY AND SCIENCE ADVISOR National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Silver Spring, MD
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