MCLEAN, VA - New leadership expertise is being added to Gladstone Land Corporation’s Board of Directors. The company recently announced that Katharine Cornell Gorka has been elected to the 2027 class of Directors, effective as of August 22, 2024.

Gorka is the President of Threat Knowledge Group, which provides training and expertise on threats to United States national security, and also serves as the Chair of the Fairfax County Republican Party. She previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2017 until 2020. In 2020, Gorka served as Press Secretary for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and from 2020 to 2022 she served as the Director for the Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.

Gladstone’s new Director graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with highest honors in 1978 and received her M.Sc. in Economics with Distinction from the London School of Economics in 1987.

A press release stated that the company believes Gorka's background and experience, including her management expertise and strategic analyses, will add value to its Board of Directors by further expanding its knowledge and expertise base, as well as its diversity of views.

Cheers to the appointment of a new leader!