Harrison Kircher was named president and CEO of the National Chicken Council in January 2025.

Kircher has been a member of the NCC team for the past 13 years, first joining as an intern in 2011. He has spent time as a Government Affairs Associate, Manager, Director and Vice President on the legislative affairs team. Promoted to Senior Vice President of Government Affairs in 2021, his primary focus has been advancing NCC’s lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill and educating members of Congress and their staffs on a range of policy issues including agriculture, appropriations, immigration, labor, energy and international trade. Prior to joining NCC, Kircher worked in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather in New York and aided in Robert Hurt’s 2010 congressional campaign victory in Virginia. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 2009 and is a native of Pittsford, New York.