FOR PUBLICATION/RELEASE Click to view release: http://www.usda.gov/2005/02/0063.xml Release No. 0063.05 Contact: Ed Loyd (202) 720-4623 Johanns Announces Communications Director WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2005-Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the selection of Terri Teuber as Director of Communications. "Terri Teuber will bring valuable experience and leadership to the President's team at USDA," said Johanns. "She will excel at formulating and directing our communications strategies on our programs and services, while providing timely and reliable information to the citizens we serve." Prior to coming to USDA, Teuber served as the Communications Director for then Governor Mike Johanns since 2003 and as the Public Information Officer for the Nebraska State Patrol from 1999 to 2003. She also brings years of experience from broadcast journalism, serving as the main news anchor for KLKN TV from 1996 to 1999 and as a reporter for KOLN TV from 1991-1996, both of Lincoln, Nebraska. Teuber also served as news director and announcer at KDWA Radio in Hastings, Minnesota. A native of Hastings, Minnesota, Teuber is a cum laude graduate of the University of St. Thomas with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and has received a number of awards, including the 2002 Business Communicator of the Year from the Lincoln Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Teuber will assume her new role at USDA on March 21. She will fill a void left by outgoing Communications Director Alisa Harrison, who had earlier announced her departure from USDA. Harrison served since November 2001 as the Deputy Director of Communications and Press Secretary and later as Director of Communications and Press Secretary since March 2003. "Alisa Harrison earned the respect of reporters and USDA employees through her diligence and hard work," said Johanns. "Her departure is a loss for American agriculture and we wish her the best in all her new endeavors." # USDA News oc.news@xxxxxxxx 202 720-4623 ---------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to oc.news@xxxxxxxx and reference your email address.
