Wayne Stoskopf serves as a Director of Public Policy at the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), where he focuses on risk management and tax issues. He is the lead staff for NCGA’s grower-led Risk Management and Transportation Action Team which is leading NCGA’s policy development for the 2023 reauthorization of the Farm Bill. Wayne previously worked for the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee where he served as Senior Professional Staff overseeing commodity, crop insurance, disaster, and grain standards programs. In that role, he led staff-level negotiations for the commodities and crop insurance titles during the 2018 reauthorization of the Farm Bill. He formerly served as a Legislative Assistant for Senator Pat Roberts (Kan.) and Rep. Lynn Jenkins (Kan.) handling agriculture issues. Wayne was raised on his family’s farm near Hoisington, Kansas, and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Agribusiness.