Ken Dey is the Director of Government and Public Affairs for the J.R. Simplot Company. He has been with Simplot for 10 years. He oversees both state and local government relations for Simplot.  Prior to Simplot, he managed public relations for St. Luke’s Health System. He has an undergraduate degree in Journalism from Eastern Washington University and a Master’s degree in communications and leadership studies from Gonzaga University. Before his career in public relations and government affairs, Ken was a newspaper journalist for 10 years working at newspapers in Montana and Idaho.