Leftwich named Senate Agriculture Committee staff director

Joel Leftwich has been named staff director of the Senate Agriculture Committee by Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS). Leftwich most recently has been working for PepsiCo and previously worked for Roberts and at the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the Bush administration. Roberts also announced that Sarah Little will serve as communications director for the committee and his current legislative assistant for agriculture, Wayne Stoskopf, will join the committee staff.