Carole Jett

recently left federal service after 33 years to participate on the Obama for America Presidential Campaign’s agriculture team in Indiana. Jett served as the Farm Bill Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) with primary responsibility of conservation policy. Previously, she was the NRCS point person for the implementation of the Conservation Title of the 2002 Farm Bill, served on assignment as Congressional Staff with the House Agricultural Committee, and negotiated and co-authored the USDA-EPA strategy on Animal Feeding Operations. She recently launched Blackwood’s Group, LLC, a conservation policy consulting group.