09/09/2026
“I got the same great education a lot of my friends did, but I was able to save money at SUNY Adirondack.”
— Renee St. Jacques, Class of 2008, director of Public Policy for New York Farm Bureau
For Renee St. Jacques, her advocacy work — volunteering with Glens Falls Medical Mission in Guatemala, helping farmers in Cameroon and fighting on behalf of New York farmers — all started at SUNY Adirondack.
“Student Senate was the first time I was able to have an opportunity to learn how to be a leader and get into politics,” said Renee, who as director of Public Policy for New York Farm Bureau works on behalf of farmers in New York state and across the country. “I didn’t know politics was going to be what I would do, but looking back at those experiences, I kept moving in that direction.”
Read Renee's story in Community Roots, our alumni magazine, at https://issuu.com/suny_adk/docs/community_roots_the_suny_adirondack_magazine_iss/17
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