WASHINGTON — American Meat Institute President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle announced July 19 that he will step down at the end of 2013 as president and CEO of the industry's oldest and largest trade association after 24 years of service to the meat and poultry industry. Boyle is the longest serving president in AMI's 107-year history.
Boyle joined AMI in 1990 after serving as administrator of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service. Before that, he worked as an attorney at several food trade associations and as agricultural legislative assistant to former Sen. Pete Wilson (R-Calif.).
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