By Cami Koons
Theresa Greenfield, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development state director for Iowa, announced Tuesday that Kate Sand, the deputy director, will take over as acting director.
Greenfield has been director of the office since November 2021 and will officially depart Jan. 20, according to a press release.
“It’s been an honor to serve the people of Iowa as State Director for USDA Rural Development,” Greenfield said in a statement.
Sand, a native Iowan, has worked with Iowa USDA Rural Development since 2004, and was the community program director for 10 years before transitioning to her current role as deputy state director in November 2022.
She has degrees from Buena Vista University and the University of Iowa, and she grew up on a farm near Joice in north-central Iowa.
The office on Tuesday also announced 51 grant recipients of the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, and the Higher …