USGC Bids Farewell To Torres; Marks Promoted To Manager Of Global Programs

Ivy Torres, U.S. Grains Council (USGC) manager of global programs, departed the Council on Aug. 23 to pursue a master’s degree in the Netherlands.

Torres joined the Council in 2018 as the global programs coordinator and was promoted to manager in 2020. In her role, Torres assisted with the strategic analysis of program planning and development, the implementation and evaluation of USGC’s global programs and backstopping the execution of the Council’s programs with its international offices.

“Ivy was a great team member within the global programs department. She was key to having our global programs move from in-person to the virtual world over the last year and a half as we continued to run global market development programs throughout the worldwide pandemic,” said Cary Sifferath, USGC’s senior director of global programs.

With Torres’s departure, USGC promoted Sadie Marks to the position of manager of global programs, effective Aug. 16.

Marks previously served the Council as global programs coordinator, joining the team in March 2020.

“Sadie has been a great asset as we strive to meet our ‘Excellence in Execution’ motto that we took into the world of virtual programing, which all started on Sadie’s eighth day on the job. I’m sure she is up to the increased challenges the new position will bring,” Sifferath said.

Before joining the Council, Marks held internships with the National Association of Conservation Districts, Institute for Law and Environmental Governance in Nairobi, Kenya, and AgReach in Champaign, Illinois. She holds a bachelor’s of science degree in agricultural and consumer economics, with minors in international development and African studies, from the University of Illinois.

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