Jane DeMarchi is Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for the American Seed Trade Association. She is with us this morning to introduce ASTA’s recent efforts on the Guide to Seed Treatment Stewardship, which ASTA has recently developed. Jane joined ASTA from the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), where she was Director of Government Affairs for Research and Technology, and involved with research-related policy issues and industry-wide efforts to bring biotechnology to wheat. She coordinated the Wheat Innovation Alliance and served as secretariat for the National Wheat Improvement Committee.Prior to NAWG, Jane was Director of Government Affairs for the North American Millers’ Association (NAMA), responsible for advocating on behalf of the corn, wheat, and oat milling industry. Before NAMA, she worked in economic development and trade promotion for the Ohio Department of Development and the U.S. Department of Commerce in Ohio, Hong Kong and Shanghai.