Vilsack takes job with dairy industry after leaving USDA
Source: Associated Press
TUESDAY, JAN 17, 2017 12:15 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is taking a job at the U.S. Dairy Export Council. The group is a nonprofit that promotes dairy products. An announcement Tuesday said Vilsack will help develop a long-term vision for building sales and consumer trust in U.S. dairy.
Vilsack is entering the private sector after decades in public service. Before he was appointed agriculture secretary in 2009, he was Iowas governor for eight years. He also served in the Iowa state senate and as mayor of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
He was also on Democrat Hillary Clintons vice presidential short list. She chose Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine instead.
Vilsack was President Barack Obamas longest-serving Cabinet secretary. He left that position Friday, a week before Donald Trump takes office.
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