About Me
Jason Culotta is the President of the Midwest Food Products Association. From 2017-2019, Jason was Director of Public Affairs & Industrial Development for Progressive Rail, Incorporated, a Minnesota-based short line railroad holding company operating in eight states. He worked with Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce from 2011-2017, rising to Senior Director of Government Relations. In 2011, Jason served as a policy advisor to Governor Scott Walker and as a division administrator in the Department of Administration. He had worked in the Legislature for a decade prior, including as a policy advisor to the Assembly Speaker. Currently, Jason serves on the Wisconsin DOT’s Freight Advisory Committee and as a board member of the American Fruit & Vegetable Processors & Growers Coalition, the Renk Agribusiness Institute at UW-Madison, the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council. A Racine native, Jason holds a bachelor’s degree from UW-Oshkosh and lives in Watertown.