Context: Karen Ross is the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture , having been appointed to that post by Governor Jerry Brown on January 12 , 2011 . She had previously served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack , a position she accepted in 2009 . From 1996 to 2009 , she was president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers ( CAWG ) . She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska , Lincoln , and the Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Program . Her prior experience includes ten years as an advocate for agricultural and rural electric cooperatives at the state and national level , both in California and her native state of Nebraska , and serving as a staff member for then - United States Senator Edward Zorinsky of Nebraska from 1978 to 1985 , and working on several U.S. Senate and presidential campaigns . A major leader in California 's agricultural community , she was born and reared on a family farm in western Nebraska which she and her husband co-own with her brother where her family still raises grain crops , sunflowers and cattle ., Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the 39th Governor of California since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Brown previously served as the 34th governor from 1975 to 1983, and is the longest-serving governor in California history. Prior to and following his first governorship, Brown served in numerous state, local and party positions, including three times a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States., The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is a cabinet-level agency in the government of California. Established in 1919 by the California State Legislature and signed into law by Governor William Stephens, the Department of Food and Agriculture is responsible for ensuring the state's food safety, the protection of the state's agriculture from invasive species, and promoting the California agricultural industry., The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The current Acting Secretary is Michael Young, who has held the office since the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments., The President of the United States (POTUS) is the elected head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces., Thomas James "Tom" Vilsack (born December 13, 1950) is an American politician who served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2009 until 2017. A member of the Iowa Democratic Party, Vilsack served as the 40th Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007., William Dennison Stephens (December 26, 1859  April 25, 1944) was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923., The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, commander-in-chief of the California National Guard and the California State Military Reserve, whose responsibilities also include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced. The position was created in 1849, the year before California became a state.
The current governor is Jerry Brown, a Democrat who was inaugurated January 3, 2011, and who had previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983. In October 2013, Jerry Brown surpassed Earl Warren for the longest cumulative period of time served as governor., The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) was established in 1974 as an advocate for California's wine grape growers, providing leadership on research and education programs, public policies, sustainable farming practices and trade policy to enhance the California wine grape growing business and communities. According to their website, major objectives of CAWG's advocacy are: improvements in industry statistical data, funding for viticultural research, reform of federal estate tax law, and preventing misleading grape origin and varietal information on wine labels.
Today CAWG represents the growers of more than 60 percent of the gross grape tonnage crushed for wine and concentrate in California. , The government of California is the governmental structure of the state of California as established by the California Constitution. It is composed of three branches: the executive, consisting of the Governor of California and the other constitutionally elected and appointed officers and offices; the legislative, consisting of the California State Legislature, which includes the Assembly and the Senate; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court of California and lower courts. There is also local government, consisting of counties, cities, special districts, and school districts, as well as government entities and offices that operate independently on a constitutional, statutory, or common law basis. The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative, referendum, recall and ratification., The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Iowa.
While existing when Iowa was granted statehood in 1846 it has only had electoral success from the mid-1950s to the present day. Iowa Democrats are in power at both the federal and state level. The party's platform was last updated in 2014. The Iowa Democratic Party organizes the Democratic Iowa Caucuses in presidential elections., Subject: karen ross, Relation: occupation, Options: (A) acting (B) advocacy (C) advocate (D) democratic party (E) governor (F) guard (G) head of state (H) major (I) platform (J) politician (K) president (L) prior (M) secretary
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