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Marnie Schwartzkopf of Bartholomew County Seeks Career Ag Marketing Opportunities at NAFB Convention

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Purdue student Marnie Schwartzkopf, who is originally from Hope, Indiana, is a member of the Purdue Ag Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) Club and is in Kansas City at the NAFB Convention to connect with ag leaders and ag broadcasters. Photo: C.J. Miller / Hoosier Ag Today.

Joining the Hoosier Ag Today team this week in Kansas City at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Convention is a group of students from the Purdue University Ag Communicators of Tomorrow club. I had the chance to chat with ONE of those students.

“This is what I’m really interested in doing and really passionate about, so I’m really, really excited to learn from other professionals.”

That’s Marnie Schwartzkopf from Bartholomew County. She’s also a senior at Purdue with a focus on ag marketing.

“I really want to see myself in an ag marketing and communications role where I get to work with people but also get to be creative. Those are my two passions,” she says. “I had an internship this past summer with BASF where I got to learn the nitty gritty, but I was at a desk a lot for the summer. But I love people and love talking. So, I’m really excited to find a career where I’m really passionate about advocating for the agriculture industry, but I’m also getting to use my skills, communication, and creativity and I can foster that gap between producer and consumer.”

She says she’s become very curious with the work we do here at Hoosier Ag Today.

“I’m kind of just really interested to learn about farm broadcasting as a whole,” she says. “I switched into ag communications after two years after taking ag education classes, so I’m kind of a sponge right now soaking up what all the ag communications and marketing has to offer. I’m just trying to figure out exactly what path I’m going to go down, so I’m really just excited to soak it all up and put it towards my career.”

With Marnie’s passion for agriculture and talent for communication, I asked her if she was here to try and steal my job away from me?

“I am not, although that would be nice,” Marnie said with a laugh and smile.

CLICK BELOW to hear C.J. Miller’s radio news story with Purdue student Marnie Swartzkopf of Hope, Indiana, from the NAFB Convention in Kansas City.

 

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Purdue student Marnie Schwartzkopf (at left) with her parents Jeff and Mary Schwartzkopf of Hope, Indiana (at right) at the NAFB Convention in Kansas City. Photo: C.J. Miller / Hoosier Ag Today.