Spencer Morris Email & Phone Number

Greenfield, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

SUMMARY ● Oversee and implement the development of new business projects with the objective of increasing revenue and the organization’s value offering● Provide departmental and organizational direction, employee and logistics managementRESPONSIBILITIES● Develop new business, increase facility, event and staff offerings and grow sponsorship and fundraising● Manage day-to-day department operations, develop and manage budgets, organize and facilitate employee, committee, board and volunteer meetings, provide ongoing stakeholder communication● Drive strategic communication for new business, projects and grow content and process offerings● Represent ISFC national and international meetings with the goal of advancing our facility, events and staff’s value proposition and thought leadershipSUCCESSES● Build new business portfolio and maintain departmental and organizational conversations and open dialogue to expand opportunities and grow existing resources ● Oversee realignment of strategic priorities and goal setting for efficient new business, departmental and event growth

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

SUMMARY● Manage the day-to-day marketing and communication client portfolios and develop new business for highly regulated animal health and agricultural technology clients including product launches and regulatory relabelingRESPONSIBILITIES● Plan, develop and execute strategic client marketing and sales campaigns● Design and analyze market research and testing for highly regulated client industries● Improve agency, client and vendor processes to provide more efficient, connected and quality checked deliverablesSUCCESSES● Maximized agency value and offerings by efficiently navigating agency and client processes with planned, educated and measurable deliverable outcomes ● Built trust, collaboration and open conversations between clients and prospective clients, animal health and food safety professionals and regulatory specialistClients: Elanco, Dow AgroSciences & Indiana Corn and Soybean Association

Milwaukee, Wi & Chicago, Il

SUMMARY● Manage the day-to-day marketing and communication client portfolios and serve and inform as the client and client customer representative to the agencyRESPONSIBILITIES● Manage agency relationship with animal health clients and client research resources● Provide industry, producer and on-farm expertise to inform product and content offerings ● Facilitate on-farm agency and client research and data collection events SUCCESSES● Facilitate critical conversations between agency and client groups encouraging a focus on on-farm workers and on-farm product education● Provide expertise and a voice for on-farm workers to agency and client decision makersClient: Zoetis (formerly Pfizer Animal Health) and Dow AgroSciences

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Serve as spokesman and field-agent to producers, industry, government and media for Indiana Pork • Analyze state and federal, policy and regulation specific to crop and animal agriculture production • Build and manage relationships with state and federal government and agencies related to agriculture • Develop Indiana Pork Advocacy Coalition memberships amongst producers and allied industry • Study and write articles about production agriculture for publication in government and news agencies

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Served as assistant and scheduler to three members of the Indiana House of Representatives • Serviced and scheduled the House Agricultural Committee as the Chairman’s intern • Prepared members desks and files prior to chamber roll call and session • Studied and wrote responses to constituent letters about production agriculture and other topics • Processed and managed constituent case work

• Served as liaison between production agriculture and government, built relationships in both industries • Developed and grew Indiana Pork Advocacy Coalition membership base• Studied and wrote articles about production agriculture for publication in government and news agencies• Managed INPAC Director’s schedule, including all appointments, reservations and correspondence• Attended National Pork Board intern training program• Managed 25 people in a pork concession tent for 18 consecutive days at the Indiana State Fair

West Lafayette, In

•Gathered pertinent story information and organized outlines for story pitch sessions•Fostered working relationships with Purdue information directors •Interviewed and investigated story sources•Studied specific areas within Purdue's academic and athletic department activities•Traveled with athletic teams for event coverage and content development

Monrovia, In

•Coordinated sales and shipment of cattle semen and accounts for custom breeding service•Built a customer base of 49 people for feed, supplement, hay and straw sales•House, manage and work donor cows for custom embryo transfer programs•Operate a computerized breeding program using Heat Watch, for 50 - 100 head of cattle•Developed feed rations and fitting regimen for state and nationally recognized cattle and show pigs

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Agricultural Economics

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