NateÌýEngle
- Industry Advisor
- MENV
Nate Engle serves as the Deputy DirectorÌýfor MDARD, engaging all types of departmental stakeholders, striving to help state government listen, synthesize information, problem-solve, and continually improve upon service delivery. Engle oversees economicÌýgrowth programs, various regulatory responsibilities, and advises the department's director on a range of issues. He previously served in the immediate executive offices of two Michigan governors and a state representative.
Engle spent the better part of two decades abroad, most recently working in Madagascar where he designed, built, and operated a chocolate factory and one of the global chocolate industry’s most innovative supply chain models. Engle also set up and implemented an agricultural extension system in South Sudan; managed several USAID-funded projects as a part of reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan for the International City/County Management Association (ICMA); and volunteered for two years an agricultural extension technician with the US Peace Corps in Madagascar.
Engle grew up on a 5th generation, small family farm in Michigan’s Osceola County. He earned a Master of Public Administration at Grand Valley State University, an undergraduate degree in urban and regional planning at Michigan State University and holds several technical and leadership certificates.