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Potatoes USA has elected Shelley Olsen from Othello, Washington, to serve as chairwoman for the upcoming year. This is Olsen’s seventh year on the Potatoes USA board. Over the last year, she has traveled to Vietnam to promote U.S. potatoes and has been active in representing the industry in Washington, D.C.
In addition to her involvement with Potatoes USA, Olsen is a founding board member and former chair of the Potato Leadership, Education & Advancement Foundation (LEAF) and a 2015 Potato Industry Leadership Institute graduate. Olsen also serves on the Washington State Potato Commission’s Marketing and Industry Affairs Committee. Olsen and her husband farm with his parents and their two sons.
