Ben Parks

State Legislative Affairs

Director of State Legislative Affairs
Ben Parks

Ben Parks is the director of State Legislative Affairs. His primary responsibility is lobbying members of the state Senate, House of Representatives, and Governor's Office on legislative issues affecting agri-business. A graduate of St. Lawrence University (B.A.), Woodrow Wilson College of Law (J.D.), and Harvard University (M.P.A.), Parks previously worked as a legislative aide to Congressmen Skip Bafalis and Claude Pepper, and Sen. Lawton Chiles. Before coming to Farm Bureau in 1988, Ben also lobbied for two non-profit private property associations in Washington, D.C.

Ben, his wife, Eleanor, and their two children live in Tallahassee. You can reach him at (850) 222-2557.