Vilsack Announces Top Advisers

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointments of advisers and staff members for his office. Among the appointments are John Berge as White House liaison to USDA; Lindsay Daschle as confidential assistant to the secretary; and Max Holtzman, Grant Leslie and David Lazarus as senior advisers. In the office of communications, Bobby Gravitz has been named director of speechwriting and research, Nayyera Haq is the press secretary, and Chris Mather is a director.

“These individuals bring the department a breadth of experience and expertise in issues that include agriculture, food safety, international relations, legislative affairs, environmental issues and civil rights,” said Vilsack.