Alanna was appointed Deputy Minister of Saskatchewan Agriculture, effective November 27, 2007. She previously served as President of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA), an organization that advocates a more open and fair trading environment for agriculture and agri-food products. From 2003-2007, she served as a farmer director on the board of Agricore United. Prior to that she was Executive Director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association for eight years; a director of the George Morris Centre at the University of Guelph; involved in the development of agricultural extension services in Atlantic Canada; a national judge for Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers’ program; and a committee member of Canadian Western Agribition.

She also served nine years with the Government of Saskatchewan in a number of senior positions. Alanna is a graduate of the Canadian Agriculture Lifetime Leadership (CALL) program. In recognition of achievement in, and service to the agricultural industry, the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists awarded her an Honorary Life Membership in 1999. She recently received her Chartered Director (C.Dir.) designation from the Directors College, a program of the Conference Board of Canada and McMaster University’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Business.

Alanna and her husband own and operate a grain farm at Edenwold, Saskatchewan. They have two young daughters.