Dave Lyons leads the food and agriculture consulting practice at FaegreBD Consulting. His experience encompasses international trade issues, agricultural policy, renewable fuels, derivatives market issues and numerous agricultural markets, including grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, citrus, sugar, ethanol DDGS and biodiesel.

Dave is a deeply experienced, practical problem solver in the agricultural industry. He navigates solutions for private commercial interests at the intersection of state governments, federal executive departments and agencies, Congress, foreign governments, and industry trade associations.

Dave and his team deliver government consulting solutions that integrate with the firm's unique array of corporate legal services.

Corporate Government Affairs Experience

Before joining FaegreBD Consulting, Dave was the Washington-based leader of governmental affairs for 25 years at Louis Dreyfus Commodities, a global processor and merchandiser of agricultural and other commodities. He represented the company's interests at state and federal levels, to executive branch departments and agencies, Congress, and foreign governments.

Federal Positions

Dave's commanding knowledge of the political and regulatory landscape comes, in part, from his extensive agency and Capitol Hill experience, including:

• Executive Assistant to Secretary of Agriculture Richard Lyng, 1987-88
• Executive Assistant to Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Peter Meyers, 1986-87
• Confidential Assistant to Robert Thompson, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Economics, 1985-86
• Agricultural Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), 1978-80

Industry Leadership

Dave's trade association leadership positions include:

• U.S. Grains Council — Board of Directors, 2003-14
• National Biodiesel Board — Governing Board Member, 2008-12
• USDA Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Grains and Oilseeds, 2006-10
• Commodity Markets Council (CMC) — Chairman, 2007-08
• National Grain and Feed Association — Board of Directors, 2005-06
• USDA Advisory Committee on Emerging Markets, 2004-08
• North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) — Chairman 1994
• Washington Agricultural Roundtable — Chairman 1994

演讲报告

• Update From Washington, D.C. for 2014
  Norfolk Southern Railroad Customer Meeting, December 2013
• Change Comes to Washington, D.C.
  Transportation Elevator Grain Merchants Association Meeting, January 2009

发表刊物

• Key Factors For Reaching Final Agreement On The Trans-Pacific Partnership
  Co-author, Feed & Grain, July/August 2015
• EPA Delay On Renewable Fuel Puts Ball In Congress' Court
  Co-author, Law360, January 2015