The Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF) has hired Ryan Curtis as development specialist at the foundation’s Kansas City office.
The Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF) has hired Ryan Curtis as development specialist at the foundation’s Kansas City office.
Curtis will work with current and prospective PAF corporate and foundation sponsors to build support for the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day program. He’s responsible for helping expand the reach of the Safety Day program throughout North America.
Curtis brings to PAF experience in communications, marketing and project execution. He was assistant editor at Progressive Publishing for their flagship publication, Progressive Dairyman. While there he also helped launch the online community, Proud to Dairy. Most recently, Curtis was a project manager at Duff Dynamic Marketing, a marketing and communications firm serving agriculture companies. Curtis earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University.
“We’re pleased that Ryan has joined the Progressive Agriculture Foundation,” says Randy Bernhardt, CFRE, PAF chief administrative officer. “Ryan has a passion for agriculture and for keeping kids safe and healthy on farms and ranches. He brings a strong background in marketing and communications to the development specialist position at PAF.”
ABOUT PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION
The Progressive Agriculture Safety Day program is the largest rural safety and health education program for children in North America and a program of the Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF), a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to provide education and training to make farm, ranch and rural life safer and healthier for children and their communities. In 2008, PAF was awarded the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance National Charity Seal, demonstrating its commitment to accountability and ethical practices. Safety Day applications are due each July 15 for Safety Days that will be conducted the following calendar year. For more information, please visit http://www.progressiveag.org
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