NCGA Names New CEO

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Corn Board has named Jon Doggett as the organization’s new chief executive officer. Doggett is the fifth CEO in the organization’s 61-year history.

Doggett joined NCGA in 2002. He has served as interim CEO since August and as executive vice president since 2014. Prior to that, he served as vice president of public policy. He has managed the organization’s Washington, D.C., office and led its public policy efforts throughout his tenure.

Before joining NCGA, Doggett served 11 years at the American Farm Bureau Federation, where he was the Bureau’s lead lobbyist on a number of public policy issues, including ethanol, climate change, land use, conservation, and endangered species.