Choctaw Nation’s Evan Whitley Named to USDA Tribal Advisory Committee

DURANT, OK – Dr. Evan Whitley, Choctaw Nation Executive Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has been named to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tribal Advisory Committee. Whitley is one of four new appointees to the committee, joining Mark Fox (Chairman of Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation), Enjady Godfrey (GM of Mescalero Apache Telecom) and Dr. Bradford Hall (President of Blackfeet Community College). Whitley, Fox and Godfrey were all nominated by Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins, while Hall was appointed by Representative Angie Craig.