Gary Black

Gary W. Black is President of the Georgia Agribusiness Council, Inc., the State's broad based trade association for the food and fiber industry. Gary works primarily in the legislative and regulatory arenas representing agricultural interests. In addition to his public affairs responsibilities, Black manages FOODPAC, a research consortium for Georgia's food processing industry and AgriTrust of Georgia, the Council's self-funded workers compensation insurance program.

Black received his agricultural education undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 1980. He is a past president of the College’s alumni society and the 2004 recipient of the society’s Award of Excellence.

Black has served on several statewide groups related to water resource management issues. He served on the Technical Advisory Committee and the Planning Framework Working Group during recent activities of the Joint Comprehensive Water Plan Study Committee for the State of Georgia. In the fall of 2002, he was appointed by the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture to serve on the Federal Commission on Farm Payment Limitations. He currently serves on Governor Sonny Perdue’s Rural Development Council and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle’s Agricultural Advisory Committee.  

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