Nathan Fretz

Nathan Fretz joined the North American Meat Institute in 2015 as senior director of legislative affairs. Nathan brings a wide range of experience from his time as an associate attorney at OFW Law, counselling clients on food and agriculture, legislative, regulatory, and policy issues.

Previously he spent six years as counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, first as majority counsel and later as minority counsel. In that capacity, he helped to negotiate and draft the 2008 and 2014 Farm Bills, primarily focusing on meat and poultry, dairy, conservation, and food safety issues. Before working at the Agriculture Committee, Nathan served in the Congressional and Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Nathan was born in Santa Maria, California, and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. He received his B.A. from the College of Wooster, and his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. He is admitted to the Maryland Bar.