Michael Best Strategies Adds Steven Rowe to its Government Relations Team

Michael Best Strategies LLC (Strategies) announced today that Steven Rowe has joined its Government Relations team as Senior Advisor. Based in the Salt Lake City office, Rowe brings more than 35 years of experience as an attorney and corporate executive in the environmental, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors.

Before joining Strategies, Rowe held a number of high-level positions. He launched his own consultancy, SPR Consulting, which provided counsel to companies in the agriculture and natural resources sectors. He served as the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Newtrient LLC, a national dairy industry consortium focusing on reducing the environmental footprint and economic well-being of dairy farming. He also spent 10 years as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Northwest Dairy Association and its subsidiary Darigold, Inc.

A member of the State bars of Washington, Michigan, and Utah, Rowe also advised businesses on environmental law and compliance in the mining, construction, real estate, and manufacturing industries.

Rowe’s addition comes on the heels of two other recent Strategies members – Robert (Bob) Harward and Steve Israel – to its Board of Advisors, which further solidifies the firm’s commitment to strategic growth in key markets.

Rowe received his B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan, and his J.D. from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.