Bio

Eric serves as the Administrator of Grain Regulatory Services for the Department of Agriculture. This program licenses and regulates grain warehouses and dealers while providing protection for Missouri farmers and ensuring a strong and stable Missouri grain industry. He began his employment with the Department of Agriculture in 1998, working as a Field Auditor in the Department’s Grain Regulatory Services Program and was later promoted to Senior Auditor in the same program. Eric assumed his current role as Administrator of Grain Regulatory Services in 2019. He earned his Bachelor of Science at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Eric also served twenty eight years in the U.S. Army Reserves, completed one tour in Iraq and retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel.