Tim Cansler

Tim Cansler serves as Founder and Chief Straegist for Cansler Consulting, a small government affairs and consulting firm. Cansler Consulting’s clientele focus is on the complex, multi-faceted agriculture industry with interests spanning into other supply chain sectors and issues including food and drug safety, transportation and infrastructure, energy, budget and appropriations and international trade.

Before starting his consulting practice, Tim held key economic and marketing positions with the Executive Branch at the Department of Agriculture. In this capacity Tim advised the Undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture responsible for operations of three federal agencies administering over $2.6 billion in Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP). The Marketing and Regulatory Program promotes and expedites domestic and international trade of U.S. agricultural products. The Agencies of MRP actively participate in national and international bodies that structure a variety of industry standards. During his service, Tim made recommendations to cabinet-level officials on multiple, complex marketing issues including Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and Avian influenza. This culminated in his participation in international trade negotiations in Beijing, China and Mexico to continue market access for U.S. beef and poultry products and varying phytosanitary trade issues. Tim also offered intricate solutions on other complex marketing and economic policies including phytosanitary trade disputes, supply-chain development, price discovery and transparency, transportation and biotechnology. During his tenure at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tim was recognized for his work as a recipient of the Administrator’s Award for Policy Implementation of the 2002 Farm Bill.

For nearly a decade, Tim gained vital experience building grassroots coalitions, successfully developing a statewide campaign to defeat constitutional amendments and lobbying Congress on behalf of one of the nation’s largest membership organizations, the Farm Bureau.

Having worked with members of Congress and regulatory officials since 1987, Tim possesses an in-depth knowledge of the relationship between legislation, regulation and politics and its impacts on domestic and international markets. His proven abilities to successfully manage difficult, multi-faceted economic, marketing, legislative and regulatory issues set him apart as you consider adding the next member to your team to achieve your goals.

A native Kentuckian, Cansler was raised in the small farming community of Crofton, Kentucky, where he learned his tireless work ethic by laboring on family and neighboring farms. He graduated from University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Agricultural Economics.

Cansler and his wife Janna, Griffin (age 10), Addison (age 8) and twin daughters Sadie and Hadley (age 3) live in Frederick, Maryland.