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Raina Spence has been hired as the new manager of the Northwest Potato Research Consortium (NPRC). Spence is training alongside current NPRC manager Andy Jensen as he prepares to retire.
Spence brings decades of experience to her new role, having first served the potato industry as a graduate student studying potato late blight in the early 2000s. Her career has included work in areas ranging from university extension to international diplomacy. She most recently spent time in the fresh produce food safety sector, where she was a producer advocate and held leadership roles within the International Fresh Produce Association’s Food Safety Council Steering Committee.
