Kia Mikesh serves as the Vice President of North Dakota Grain Inspection (NDGI).

In addition to her role at NDGI, she is the CEO/Partner of Adams Independent Testing, an industrial hemp analytical testing laboratory and Project Manager for AdamsNet,
a software development company
focused on the grain industry.

Mikesh holds significant positions in industry associations, including the presidency of the American Association of Grain Inspection and Weighing Agency, a committee member of the National Grain and Feed Association’s Grain Grades & Weights Committee, and serves on the Federal Grain Inspection Service Grain Inspection Advisory Committee.

She is a double major graduate from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.