In her capacity as the International Trade Specialist for the National Pork Producers Council Hueneke assists NPPC Vice President and International Trade Counsel Nick Giordano with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) barriers to trade and other market access issues that face the U.S. pork industry from an international trade perspective.

Most recently, Hueneke was Senior Biologics Specialist with Medtronic Inc. in Minneapolis, where she developed and implemented strategic global sourcing strategies for pork and beef products that were manufactured into medical devices. Among her other professional experiences, Hueneke was a Marketing Associate for Gateway Natural Meats of Bellevue, Iowa, and worked as an Economic Assistant in USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

Hueneke received bachelor’s degrees in Animal Science and International Agriculture from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in International Agricultural Trade and Development from the School of International Studies, Oklahoma State University.