The Wisconsin Farm Bureau has hired a new director of Sustainability Communications and Partnerships. Rachel Gerbitz will be responsible for creating educational resources and writing pieces for Farm Bureau publications in the newly-created role. She will also work with stakeholders and media to forward agriculture's sustainability story and assist with events regarding environmental stewardship.
A native or Rock County, Gerbitz was involved in 4-H and the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association. She earned her bachelor's degree in Dairy Science and Life Sciences Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rachel also earned an Agricultural Marketing and Communications Certificate from WI DATCP in 2020.
She has held various marketing roles with AgrAbility of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Dairy Youth Program and UW-Madison's Collegiate Farm Bureau chapter.
Gerbitz will begin her role on June 15.
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