Melissa Ploeckelman, outreach specialist with the National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, has been elected to the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH) Board of Directors.
ISASH is a network of more than 200 engineers, educators, insurers, physicians, nurses, veterinarians, statisticians, communicators, social scientists, business leaders and others who play key roles in agricultural safety and health. Ploeckelman’s term is for three years.
“This is a great show of support from agricultural safety professionals for the valuable role Melissa has played in ISASH and in promoting agricultural safety and health,” said Cap Bendixsen, Ph.D., director of Farm Medicine.
Ploeckelman is a former agricultural educator who grew up on her family’s dairy farm in Stetsonville, Wis. She served as the 2009 State Fairest of the Fairs in which she represented Wisconsin agriculture. Ploeckelman joined Farm Medicine in 2017. Her work includes projects with the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. Additional work includes projects with the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center. She is responsible for all social media within Farm Medicine. She assists with multiple websites and represented Farm Medicine on the executive committee of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in 2022.
Ploeckelman serves multiple roles in ISASH, co-chairing the Public Relations Committee and participating in the Conference Planning Committee.
Ploeckelman joins eight other agricultural safety/health leaders on the ISASH board.