Managing DirectoR, agriculture & environment Campaign

Jimmy Daukas has been with American Farmland Trust (AFT) since 1997, managing national policy campaigns as well as senior project management, communications and development responsibilities.

Currently, Daukas directs AFT's new Agriculture & Environment Campaign, helping farmers and ranchers improve water quality and combat climate change while maintaining an economically viable agriculture sector. Through the campaign, AFT is engaging agriculture in developing new policy solutions, creating ecosystem service markets and conducting on-farm demonstrations to maximize the participation of farmers and ranchers in reducing greenhouse gases and expanding the adoption of conservation practices that improve water quality.

Prior to this effort, Daukas oversaw AFT's campaign to transform U.S. agriculture policy in the 2008 Farm Bill to provide a better safety net, enhance conservation, improve rural development and expand access to healthy foods. Daukas coordinated efforts throughout the organization including policy research and design, alliance building, legislative advocacy and communications.

Before AFT, Daukas had been the director of marketing and later acting vice president of marketing and communications for Earth Force, a children’s environmental action organization. In those roles, he had responsibility for strategic planning, direct response communications, database management, revenue-generating projects and budgeting.

Prior to that, Daukas was vice president of marketing from 1988 to 1994 with Working Assets, a San Francisco-based company offering innovative, donation-linked services (credit cards, long distance, and travel) that raise money for nonprofit organizations. Prior to Working Assets, he was a product manager at MCI Telecommunications.

Daukas has a bachelor’s in economics from Middlebury College and an MBA and MPM (masters of public management) from the University of Maryland. He lives with his wife and two sons in Takoma Park, Maryland.