杰西·史密斯

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杰西（Jessie）是2006 - 2011年宾夕法尼亚州农业部的副秘书。她为PA建立了第一个美国农业部认证的州调解计划。She is past Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Agricultural Law Committee, course planner for What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About PA’s No. 1 Industry (Bar Institute Agricultural Law Forum), and a former member of the State Council of Farm Organizations and Farm Show Commission. She received the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association’s Distinguished Service Award for her Dog Law policy and advocacy work. She has been a civil trial lawyer, appearing in court in nearly all 67 Pa. counties. She also worked in the Attorney General’s Health Care Section, investigating unfair and deceptive practices by doctors, insurers, and drug and device manufacturers. She is PAST Co-Chair of the PBA Women in the Profession Commission, a former member of its Board of Governors, and was named its Government Lawyer of the Year. She taught trial advocacy at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, taught Magisterial District Judges statewide, and served as a Dauphin County Court Arbitrator.

杰西（Jessie）在Paint Creek和前Holleran Apple Orchard和Cambria County的Farm附近长大。她的姑姑和叔叔是密歇根州的奶农。在1970年代，他们的牛群被火焰的化学PBB污染，后者将其错误地混入了商业牛饲料中。这使她意识到农场的脆弱，无价和不可替代的性质，以及像PASA这样的团体通过向农民，相关企业和消费者提供教育，资源，社区和灵感来促进农场的可持续性和维护。

她是PASA董事会秘书，现在担任开发委员会。