LITTLE ROCK — Zac Bradley of Bryant has been promoted to director of public policy at the Arkansas Farm Bureau, where he will help manage the organization’s lobbying and advocacy efforts.

Bradley has spent the past year and a half as Farm Bureau’s director of national affairs, responsible for the execution of federal and state legislative action plans as well as working with Farm Bureau’s policy development and political education programs. He will maintain his focus on federal issues, while adding special issues and staff management to his role.

A native of Little Rock, Bradley joined Farm Bureau in June 2014 from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in Bentonville, where he worked in the governmental affairs arena. Bradley also worked in the Arkansas Attorney General’s office and spent time in Washington, D.C., on the staff of Sen. Mark Pryor.

Bradley earned a bachelor’s degree in 2006 from Yale University, where he was a four-year letter winner on the Bulldogs’ baseball team. In 2012, Bradley was named to Arkansas Business’ “20 in Their 20s”listing based on his public service work. He is a graduate of J.A. Fair High School. 

“Zac has demonstrated a great ability to convey our legislative priorities to decision makers at both the state and federal level,” said Stanley Hill, ArFB’s vice president of public policy. “He speaks and acts with great passion and clarity, which has proven helpful to Arkansas Farm Bureau’s mission to advocate on behalf of its members in the legislative arena.

“He has a commitment to Arkansas and our state’s farmers and ranchers, who collectively make up our state’s largest industry. We look forward to Zac’s expanded responsibilities. We are confident he can help our team define the best path forward with our legislative and regulatory work.”