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Indiana Farm Bureau has welcomed eight interns to its staff over the course of this summer. These interns will be working on a variety of projects with hopes of gaining valuable experiences to be used in their individual careers following graduation.

Ethan Runnebohm is interning in the legal department, researching soybean checkoff and financial campaign issues.  A Shelbyville native, Runnebohm attends IU McKinney School of Law at IUPUI. He looks forward to learning how recent law developments impact farmers in Indiana.

Brooke Werstler is from Columbia City. A recent graduate of Saint Joseph’s College, she attends IU’s law school at IUPUI and is interning with INFB’s legal team. Werstler is working closely with the Agricultural Law Foundation and is looking forward to gaining an in-depth understanding of the legal issues facing current farmers in Indiana.

Olivia Zingraf is the marketing intern and is concentrating on INFB’s presence at this year’s state fair. She lives in Fishers and is an incoming senior at Butler University, where she is studying marketing with a minor in healthcare management. She hopes to develop a deeper understanding of INFB’s contribution to agricultural education.

Sam Kinnaman is this summer’s accounting intern. He is in charge of preparing financial statements and keeping track of inventory. A resident of Westfield, Kinnaman attends the University of Dayton as an accounting and finance major and is on track to take the CPA exam in 2021. He hopes that this internship will give him experience he can use in a full-time job, including how to interact with a diverse group of people.

Walton native Khyla Wilson is a recent graduate of Purdue, where she majored in agricultural sales and marketing with a minor in horticulture and farm management. Wilson serves as a public policy intern with projects focusing on outreach strategies to increase memberships from specialty crop farmers.  She is excited about participating in the INFB leader trip to Washington, D.C., in June.

Haley Mood, North Salem, is the organizational development intern. She will spend the majority of her time coordinating the Taste from Indiana Farms event in the Farm Bureau Building during the second week of the state fair. As Mood heads back to Purdue in the fall to finish her degree in agribusiness management, she hopes to have a better understanding of how INFB works to advocate for agriculturists as well as how her skills can directly benefit the agricultural industry.

Emily Dougherty is the regional manager intern and is supporting regional managers in their work to connect INFB to the non-farm public. Dougherty is an incoming junior at Purdue University with a major in agricultural communication and a minor in organizational leadership/event planning. She looks forward to growing as an advocate in the agricultural industry as well as gaining greater insight to empower agriculturists to find their own voice.

Bailey Kiff of Wanatah is the public policy livestock intern. He will travel to various counties within Indiana to observe INFB’s current outreach programs in order to develop strategies that better reach livestock producers. A recent graduate of Purdue University, he majored in animal sciences with a minor in food/agribusiness management. He is excited to learn how INFB can better cater to the needs of families who produce livestock.

_{INFB’s summer interns took a field trip to Tuttle Orchards in Greenfield, which is owned by the Roney family. There they toured the orchards and the Roneys’ high tunnels and greenhouses. From left: Olivia Zingraf, Brooke Werstler, Ethan Runnebohm, Khyla Wilson, Haley Mood, Emily Dougherty and Sam Kinnaman. Not pictured: Bailey Kiff.}