Jill Long Thompson represented Northeast Indiana in the US House of Representatives serving from 1989 to 1995. She also served as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development from 1996 to 2001. Long Thompson most recently served as CEO of The National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy. She received her BA from Valparaiso University, and her MA and PhD from Indiana University. Long Thompson and her husband Don Thompson, a commercial airline pilot, live on a farm in Marshall County.
Who I'd like to meet: Great Hoosiers across Indiana