Former U.S. Ag Trade Chief Named to University of Nebraska Position

Former U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator Darci Vetter was recently named as a diplomat in residence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The former Obama-era trade negotiator will work with leadership from the university's College of Law, College of Business and Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, to launch the Clayton K. Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance in her new role, according to the Hagstrom Report. Vetter, who has worked in the Agriculture Department and on Capitol Hill, grew up on a Nebraska family farm, received her undergraduate degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and a master of public affairs degree and a certificate in science, technology and environmental policy from Princeton University. Yeutter, a former U.S. trade representative and Agriculture secretary, was a Nebraska native and Nebraska alumnus who died in March.