DuPont Plucks a Top USDA Official to Lead "Government Affairs Strategies"

As it moves ahead with its $130 billion merger with fellow chemical giant Dow, DuPont has made quite a hire. To lead the company's "public policy and government affairs strategies," DuPont has tapped Krysta Harden, who just ended a six-plus-year stint at the US Department of Agriculture, where she served as chief of staff to Secretary Tom Vilsack and, most recently, as deputy secretary, the department's No. 2 position. Krysta Harden DuPont Harden's move from the USDA to DuPont is not her first w...