In her role as manager, membership and communications, Grace Simpson helps manage the organization’s membership and sponsorship recruitment and retention process along with overseeing operational needs and providing support to communications and issues management efforts. Grace also serves as the first line of contact for Alliance members and other stakeholders and is responsible for facilitating the Alliance’s participation in various events within the animal agriculture community. Grace graduated from Michigan State University in 2022 with a B.S. in agriculture education and minors including applied international development in agriculture and natural resources, as well as environmental and sustainability studies. Prior to joining the Alliance team, Grace served as the event and outreach intern for GreenStone Farm Credit Services among several other internship positions within the agriculture community – including communications intern for the Alliance. She joined the Alliance team in June 2022. Grace lives in Virginia with her husband and their two dogs, Harper and Winston.