BLACKSBURG, Va., March 27 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Katie Frazier '04 has spent more than two decades working in Virginia agriculture, representing producers, supporting rural communities, and advancing agricultural priorities in Richmond and Washington, D.C.
In January, she became Virginia's secretary of agriculture and forestry, guiding policy and economic opportunity for farmers, foresters, agribusinesses, and communities across the state.
Frazier oversees the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of Forestry, and the Virginia Racing Commission. Together, those agencies support agriculture - Virginia's largest private industry - and forestry, sec...