Director of Government Affairs for Research and Technology

Email: jdemarchi@wheatworld.org

Biographical Information

Jane DeMarchi started work as NAWG’s director of government affairs for research and technology on July 20, 2010.

Filling a newly-created position on the NAWG staff, DeMarchi focuses on research-related policy issues, including the appropriations and administrative grant-making processes; tracking and consolidating wheat research work already being done within the industry; and coordinating industry efforts related to the commercialization of biotech wheat.

Prior to coming to NAWG, DeMarchi worked as the director of government affairs at the North American Millers’ Association, where she was responsible for advocating on behalf of the corn, wheat and oat milling industry on issues including food and grain quality, safety and research.

While at NAMA, she served on the executive committee of the U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative and the boards of the Wheat Quality Council and the National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (NC-FAR). She also worked closely with the National Wheat Improvement Committee and NAWG to secure additional federal funding for wheat research, and she initiated a comprehensive research plan for oats.

She was and is an active member of the Agricultural Food Aid Coalition, which supports the use of U.S. commodities in USDA and USAID food aid programs.

Prior to joining NAMA, DeMarchi worked in the fields of economic development and trade promotion for the Ohio Department of Development and the U.S. Department of Commerce in Ohio, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Born and raised in Ohio, she received her bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. She lives with her husband and two children in Maryland.