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ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS: International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C. Danielle Quist was named senior director of regulatory affairs and counsel, responsible for working with members and government agencies on environmental, worker safety, bioengineered foods labeling and sustainability issues. She also will serve as the association’s legal counsel on issues involving contracts, antitrust and statutory and regulatory interpretation. Quist has served as senior counsel for public policy for the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) for the past 14 years, where she worked with lobbyists and coalitions to develop advocacy strategies and draft legislation and regulatory comments to secure positive policy outcomes for the nation’s farmers. She was also the co-lead for AFBF’s legal advocacy program, winning cases, resolving issues and securing policy outcomes for farms, ranches and the entire agricultural community. Before that, Quist worked on Capitol Hill, serving as a counsel on the House Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs. She is also a former associate of Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, and served as a law clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI), Washington, D.C. Sam Cotton was appointed senior manager - safety and operations, replacing Mike Long, who recently accepted a position with the Federal Railroad Administration. Cotton will be responsible for the management of the Safety Culture Assessment program. Cotton has served as safety culture assessor for the SLSI since 2015, where he helped develop and test protocols and processes. For the past two years, he has served as team lead. Cotton maintains over 18 years of railroad safety operations experience, having spent 12 years working in law enforcement, followed by a second career in railroading, where he held a variety of operations roles with Omnitrax, including conductor, engineer, trainmaster, superintendent of operations and general manager. He also served on the Omnitrax Safety Audit Team and audited multiple railroads across the United States and Canada.