After a little more than six months leading the Arkansas Farm Bureau, Mountain Home native Jeff Pitchford left the bureau Nov. 18.
According to Arkansas Business, Pitchford succeeded the retiring Warren Carter as Executive Vice President (EVP), the organization’s top executive. Now, Pitchford is the self-employed president of the Statehouse Advisors of Little Rock.
The Mountain Home native and former vice president at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway spent eight years at the Farm Bureau before his promotion in the spring. The executive vice president is said to head the organization, reporting to the board of directors. Pitchford is said to have realized that in leading the Farm Bureau he wouldn’t be involved in governmental relations. Pitchford told Arkansas Business, “It got to where I realized that was a real passion for me, and I knew that would be something I still wanted to do,” in regards to governmental relations.
Pitchford states his new firm will allow him to put his 28 years of experience at the Capitol to good use.
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