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Loretta Washington is an advocacy specialist with more 20 years of experience in building coalitions of community leaders on a broad spectrum of issues ranging from agriculture, transportation, healthcare and defense to education and youth initiatives.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining National Grange, Washington served as Development Specialist at A2W, and Bonner & Associates. She worked closely on all aspects of the firm\u2019s advocacy initiatives including recruiting, coordinating individual and organizational supporters, supervising call banks, staging events and organizing fly-ins for clients.<\/p>\n
Washington was an Agriculture Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Agent for the USDA\/Virginia Cooperative Extension Service and a Vocational Agricultural Teacher.<\/p>\n
A farm girl from central Virginia, Washington graduated from Virginia Tech. She is included in the 2010 Who\u2019s Who and has received numerous awards including Fauquier County Friend of 4-H Award, Virginia Outstanding Extension Agent Working with Adult 4-H Volunteers Leaders and Outstanding Young Women of America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"