Chris Chaffee joins the Meat Institute as Director of Government Affairs working with Vice President of Government Affairs Nathan Fretz advocating for the meat and poultry industry with members of congress and federal officials. Chaffee will also help manage the Meat Institute’s Political Action Committee, MeatPAC.

Previously, Chaffee led efforts to promote the leadership of American agriculture as Director of Industry Relations with the U.S. Farming and Ranching Foundation. Prior to that, he served as Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison in the Trump Administration, where he led outreach to the food and agricultural community and coordinated policy communications across multiple federal agencies. In addition, Chaffee has served at the state government level, including for Iowa’s economic development agency and the governor of New Jersey. A Kansas City native, Chaffee graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in finance and international business.