Manager of Government Affairs for Risk Management

E-mail: bshupe (at) wheatworld.org
Phone: 202-547-7800 x 3

Brooke Shupe joined NAWG’s staff in April 2012 as manager of government affairs for risk management.

In this role, she is responsible for designing, implementing and advocating for NAWG policy in the areas of federal crop insurance and federal farm programs.

Prior to coming to NAWG, Shupe worked on the professional staff of the House Small Business Committee under the panel’s chairman, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), focusing on agriculture and environmental issues.

She previously worked in Graves’ personal office, including as a legislative assistant handling issues like immigration, trade and the environment in addition to the Congressman’s assignment to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Shupe holds a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness management with minors in international agriculture and political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

She was raised on her family’s row crop and cattle farm, near Stanberry, in northwest Missouri.