Fairview-area producer Amber Moskalyk has been elected as the new chair of the Agriculture and Food Council.
Moskalyk is also the youth director on the AFC board. She joined AFC 10 years ago as a student member on the AFC board, and has served as a director since . She is a producer and Alberta mobile field representative team lead with the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA). Moskalyk was known by her maiden name, Havens, until her June 2013 wedding.
“AFC is well-positioned to launch new initiatives to fill gaps within the agriculture and food industry,” Moskalyk said in a release. “We have a vast array of members representing a cross-section of industry, new board members who represent industry areas that we haven’t had before, and energetic staff who are keen and more than capable in moving the council forward.”
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Five director positions on the nine-member board were available at the Sept. 11 annual meeting. The following new directors were named: incumbent David Anderson, Carla Amonson, David Bressler, Dietrich Kuhlmann and Tanya McDonald. The new directors join Heather Broughton, Rajan Gupta, Amber Moskalyk and Karen Parker on the board.
