Kestlyn Willert

Through past internships with the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce and Minnesota Farm Bureau Foundation paired with my current internship with the Minnesota State Senate, I am quickly realizing that public service is the area for me. Throughout each of these internships, I have had the unique opportunity to build relationships with multiple industry stakeholders and work to support them in multiple ways. To me, assisting others’ meet their business and organizational goals, advocate for their passions, or pass legislation to support the greater good is extremely rewarding. I am projected to graduate in the spring of 2024 with a double major of Agricultural Communication & Marketing and Animal Science with a minor of Political Science. Using my formal educational knowledge coupled with my field-based experiences, I intend to work for an agricultural organization in the area of government affairs. Whether it be a commodity group, a member-based organization, or a cooperative, I am confident that my deep ties to agriculture and my vision mindset will prove an asset to an agricultural company. Ultimately, I, like many others involved in the agricultural industry, aspire to leave the land and economy better than it was in past generations. Through supporting agriculturalists and advocating for policies that uphold tradition but still work to implement solutions of the future, I am confident that this goal is achievable.