In her role at IDFA, Elena Clark informs, oversees and implements trade policies and economic strategies that support U.S. dairy’s growth and member company priorities.
Elena Clark joined the IDFA team from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), where she served as the Legislative Affairs & Economics Specialist for North America. In that role, she led FAO’s legislative strategy for the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament, delivering synthesized market and trade data as well as Codex standards. While at FAO, Clark concurrently obtained her Masters in International Economic Policy with a focus in Agricultural Trade from George Washington University. Prior to her May 2024 graduation, Clark’s studies afforded the opportunity for a brief hiatus from FAO to complete a graduate internship in the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service in Tokyo, Japan. Clark also has experience working on Capitol Hill, where she served in the offices of Congressman Steube and Congressman Barletta, managing policy issues related to agriculture, trade, the environment, and energy.
Clark hails from a farming family in Northwestern Pennsylvania where her relatives grow sweet corn and produce both beef cattle and poultry. She also grew up keeping honeybees with her grandfather.
