Lindsay Reames leads Maola’s industry-leading sustainability initiatives, driving real, measurable change on dairy farms and across the supply chain. Under her leadership, Maola has become a recognized pioneer in on-farm sustainability, forging groundbreaking partnerships that put actionable, science-based sustainability practices in place at the farm level. Through her work, Maola was among the first dairy cooperatives to collaborate with customers and industry leaders to implement programs that directly reduce environmental impact while improving farm profitability.
In 2017, Lindsay was appointed by Governor McAuliffe to serve in his administration as the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry for the Commonwealth of Virginia. In this role she led several significant, high-profile policy and programmatic initiatives within the Secretariat focusing on new crop development, environmental challenges and economic incentives. Prior to this position she served as the Assistant Director of Governmental Relations for the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.
Lindsay holds a master’s degree in public administration and a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and applied economics from Virginia Tech. She is among the tenth generation to grow up on her family’s farm in Loudoun County.