The American Soybean Association is pleased to announce the hiring of Mariah Wollweber as senior director of marketing and communications. Wollweber joins ASA’s senior leadership team today, based in the Washington, D.C. office.

Stephen Censky, chief executive officer of ASA, said, “I’m thrilled to welcome Mariah to the ASA team. As a fifth-generation farmer with considerable experience managing a wide range of communications on policy issues important to farmers and rural America, I know that she will do an excellent job.”

Wollweber said, "ASA is known for turning the needs of soybean growers into meaningful legislative results. I’m proud to join their mission to champion American farmers and amplify their voices where it matters most."

Wollweber comes to ASA after serving as senior director of communications for USTelecom: The Broadband Association, where she helped drive communications strategy across cross-functional teams, shaped narratives on complex legal and regulatory issues, and worked directly with the organization’s senior leadership to develop messaging and press strategies.

She previously served as director of communications and partnerships for the National Association of Wheat Growers, where she led communications strategy for advocacy campaigns on agricultural policy and managed the association’s digital platforms.

Prior to joining NAWG, Wollweber worked as a public relations specialist for the Denver Regional Council of Governments, as a public relations and sales coordinator for Visit Spokane, and briefly as a journalist and producer for a news station in Spokane. She grew up showing livestock and driving trucks and tractors on her family’s wheat farm in eastern Washington, where they still farm today.