Recognizing Women in Grain Inspection - Chris Lunsford

AAGIWA would like to recognize and highlight women in the grain inspection industry who are leading the way for others. Click here to submit your nomination.

Chris Lunsford

We are pleased to introduce you to Chris Lunsford, Service Point Manager in Marshall, Missouri for the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection Services. Chris began her career as a grain inspector 25 years ago and was promoted to her current position with MDA in 2010. Her office serves a large geographic area across northeast and mid-Missouri, including many shuttle train facilities and barge customers with on-site grading labs.

Erin Casey-Campbell, Program Manager, notes that Chris has played an active role in designing and setting up all five of the Marshall territories onsite lab shuttle facilities as they were built - an effort initiated to move grain inspection employees outside/further away from the elevators to improve employee safety.

David Niederjohn, Marshall Assistant Manager, adds that Chris steps up to help the Department in various capacities outside of her normal role. One such example was when Chris served as the Parking Supervisor at the Missouri State Fair in 2022, coordinating several dozen employees and over 340,000 attendees!

Chris is an active member of the Marshall, MO Chamber of Commerce, a member of a local organization, Women Who Mean Business, and she is a recipient of the Missouri Department of Agriculture's "Above and Beyond" award as a top performing employee.

Erin and David add that Chris is an incredibly generous person in many ways -- personally and professionally. Chris enjoys the outdoors, including boating, horses, and riding side-by-sides with family. She spends Saturday nights supporting her husband Brian, and son Logun, at Micro Sprint Car races.

Congratulations, Chris, on all of your accomplishments! We are proud to have you as part of the grain inspection family.