hilary maricle, nebraska dept. of agriculture

Hilary Maricle serves as the Deputy Director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture and has responsibilities which include leading the Agriculture Promotion and Development team. Prior to coming to the Department, she served on the Nebraska Extension Leadership team, as an Associate Dean of Agriculture, Math, and Science at Northeast Community College, and was an agriculture education instructor for middle school through collegiate students.

She has served as a County Commissioner, on the Nebraska Environmental Quality Council, on her local Economic Development Committee, on the American Farm Bureau Ag Promotion and Education Committee, on the Nebraska Farm Bureau Board, and on the American and Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation Boards. She is a member of Ag Builders of Nebraska, Nebraska Farm Bureau, and has completed the Nebraska LEAD and AFBF PAL programs. Maricle holds a Master’s degree in Leadership Education, with Bachelor’s degrees in Animal Science and Ag Leadership, Education, and Communication from the University of Nebraska. She and her husband, Brian, farm in Central Nebraska with their five children and parents raising beef, corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and lamb.