Title Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative Company Bio Janie Simms Hipp,
J.D., LL.M. (Chickasaw) is Founding Director of the Indigenous Food and
Agriculture Initiative at the University Of Arkansas School Of Law. Ms.
Hipp is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. Ms. Hipp served in the Obama
Administration as the Senior Advisor for Tribal Relations to Secretary Tom
Vilsack and as founding Director of the Office of Tribal Relations in the
Office of the Secretary. She previously served in the Bush administration
within the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA) as the National
Program Leader for Farm Financial Management, Risk Management Education, Trade
Adjustment Assistance, and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
and within USDA Risk Management Agency as national Risk Management Education
Director. She is a graduate of University of Oklahoma, received her J.D.
at Oklahoma City University, and her LL.M. in Agriculture and Food Law at the
University of Arkansas School of Law. She has been a licensed attorney in
Oklahoma for over 30 years and specializes in food and agriculture law and
Indian law. She was
honored in 2014 by the University of Arkansas Alumni Association as one of
three Distinguished Alumni of the University of Arkansas and by the American
Agricultural Law Association as a Distinguished Agricultural Law
Professional. |