“Versant” means “having good knowledge of,” and no word could better suit Pennsylvania’s premier public affairs firm specializing in agricultural and rural issues.  Versant knows that today’s public policy questions are no longer cut-and-dried, but instead are interconnected and complex. 

You cannot have a discussion about agriculture without understanding production, marketing opportunities, industry issues and programs, land use planning and zoning, regulatory challenges, and environmental concerns. Versant’s principals have a first-hand knowledge of how these issues work together, the result of running successful farming operations themselves.  As a result, Versant has become one of the premier agricultural firms in the Northeastern United States, and is actively engaged on issues not only in Pennsylvania, but in Washington D.C. as well. 

The Versant Strategies partners consist of former Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee Chairman John Barley, Dr. MeeCee Baker, and Dennis C Wolff, former PA Secretary of Agriculture.

Walt Peechatka, former Acting PA Secretary of Agriculture, Noah Wenger, former PA Senate Appropriations Chairman and Art Hershey, former PA House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Chairman, serve as senior consultants, while executive assistant Debbie Chappell rounds out the Versant Team.

The partnership combines broad-ranging governmental relations expertise. This synergy finds winning solutions for Pennsylvania’s agricultural and rural businesses, associations and non-profits, on issues that run the gamut from regulatory and organizational needs to lobbying, strategic communications and business development.