Pam Lewison is the co-owner of JP Ranch, the owner of Paradigm Ag, and the Research Director for WPC's Center for Agriculture. She is a fourth-generation farmer raising hay and other row crops with her husband and her parents. Her writing has been featured in Capital Press, The Seattle Times, The LA Times, and other publications. She has been invited to testify in Olympia on numerous occasions and has had the good fortune to work with many legislators and lobbyists. Pam holds a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from Washington State University and a master’s degree in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications from Texas A&M University—College Station. Before working for WPC, she was the coordination clerk for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program at the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and the communications coordinator for the Washington Cattlemen’s Association.