Stephanie Mercier

Dr. Stephanie Mercier is a Principal at Agricultural Perspectives, an independent agricultural policy consulting firm. She is also currently serving as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Farm Journal Foundation. Prior to her current role, she served between 1997 and 2011 in the position of chief economist for the Democratic staff of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Previously, she served as team leader for the Trade Policy and Programs area of the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  In 2020, she co-authored Agricultural Policy of the United States: Historical Foundations and 21st Century Issues with Dr. Steve Halbrook.

An Iowa native, Dr. Mercier has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Iowa State University.