Staffers with Resumes

Bio, via Farm Credit Administration:

Mr. Smith will serve a term that expires May 21, 2022. Mr. Smith also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, which is an independent U.S. government corporation responsible for ensuring the timely payment of principal and interest on insured notes, bonds, debentures, and other obligations issued on behalf of FCS banks. Mr. Smith is president and co-owner of Smith Land Service, a company he founded in 1982. The company specializes in farm management, land appraisal, and farmland brokerage services, and serves about 30 Iowa counties. Mr. Smith also owns, and serves as president of, Smith Generation Farms, Inc., a family farm operation that encompasses about 2,000 acres of primarily corn and soybeans in western Iowa. He is a native of Atlantic, Iowa, where he was raised on a diversified crop and livestock farm. His farm experience started at a very early age after his father was involved in a disabling farm accident. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1979 with a B.S. in agricultural business and accepted a position with Doane Agricultural Services as state manager of the company’s real estate division. In 1982, Mr. Smith and his wife, Fauzan, moved back to his hometown and started farming as well as developing his ag service business. The couple have four grown children and three grandchildren. Their son Peter, has assumed managerial responsibilities for both the family farm and business.

Bio, via Millennium Challenge Corporation:

As Vice President for Congressional and Public Affairs, Stevens will lead the department that manages MCC’s relationships with the U.S. Congress, the media, non-governmental organizations, think tanks and other external stakeholders interested in MCC’s mission to reduce poverty through economic growth. Stevens comes to MCC from the House Republican Conference, where she served as the director of media affairs and strategic initiatives. She has served under three U.S. presidents, including as deputy assistant secretary and senior advisor to then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and as White House assistant press secretary and director of television under President George W. Bush. She also served as the head of media affairs for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to her public service, Stevens brings a wealth of experience in television news to MCC. For more than 10 years, she worked at CNN’s Washington bureau as a senior editorial political producer for several signature news programs, including Wolf Blitzer Reports; Larry King Live; and Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields. Stevens is a proud alumna of James Madison University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communications. In her free time, she enjoys reading, travel, and spending time with her husband and two children at their home in Virginia.

Bio, via Department of Agriculture via Hagstrom Report:

A native and proud Marylander, Lauren most recently worked in the Sergeant-at-Arms office in the United States Senate