Elena Clark will inform and implement trade policies and economic strategies that support U.S. dairy and member priorities.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has named Elena Clark as manager, trade and economic policy. Clark will be informing, overseeing and implementing trade policies and economic strategies that support U.S. dairy’s growth and member company priorities. She will report to Becky Rasdall Vargas, senior vice president, trade and workforce policy.
Clark joins the IDFA team from the U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), where she served as the legislative affairs and economics specialist for North America. In that role, she led FAO’s legislative strategy for the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament, delivering synthesized market and trade data as well as Codex standards.
While at FAO, Clark concurrently obtained her master’s in international economic policy with a focus in agricultural trade from George Washington University, which afforded her the opportunity for a brief hiatus from FAO to complete a graduate internship in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service in Tokyo, Japan. Clark also has experience working on Capitol Hill, where she served in the offices of Reps. Greg Steube and Lou Barletta managing policy issues related to agriculture, trade, the environment and energy.
“Trade and economic policy continue to play a crucial role in driving the long-term success of the U.S. dairy industry and remain core priorities for IDFA,” said Vargas. “We’re excited to welcome Elena to our team in Washington, D.C., to support us in those efforts. Her expertise and dedication will strengthen our work and help us provide even more value to our members.”
Clark will begin in her new role on May 12, 2025.
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