Full Biography: Elizabeth Bechdol

Beth Bechdol is the Director of Agribusiness Strategies at Ice Miller and is responsible for coordinating the Firm’s agricultural legal services practice.

Most recently, Beth was the Deputy Director of the first-ever Indiana State Department of Agriculture where she had an integral role in establishing the agency and crafting the strategic plan for Indiana agriculture put forward by Governor Mitch Daniels. She was directly involved in ISDA’s international trade and investment activities, participating in Governor Daniels’ four trade missions and coordinating Lt. Governor Becky Skillman’s two agricultural trade missions.

Her dedication to public service in agriculture and her extensive trade and farm policy experience extends beyond this role in Indiana to Washington, D.C. where she served in key roles at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and on the Senate Agriculture Committee under Indiana Senator Richard G. Lugar.

Beth began her career working with large agribusiness companies in the Washington office of Sparks Companies, Inc. (now Informa Economics), one of the nation’s leading agricultural consulting firms. As a vice president in the firm, she assisted clients in understanding critical agricultural issues such as biotechnology, changing farm structure, global trade, Federal farm policy, risk management tools, among other major trends.

Beth received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in international law and international affairs. She completed her master's degree at Purdue University in agricultural economics. She was raised on a corn and soybean farm in Auburn, IN.

Beth Bechdol is not licensed to practice law in any state and does not provide legal services.