Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services: Jim Miller
Deputy Under Secretaries: Bud Philbrook and Michael T. Scuse
Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary: Elisabeth Reiter
Confidential Assistant, Risk Management Agency: Miles Patrie
Administrator for Farm Service Agency: Jonathan Coppess
Administrator for Risk Management Agency: William J. Murphy
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service: Michael Michener
(Miller is a major pro-status-quo, pro-big-ag force in the USDA. I hear he tries to make things difficult for anyone who is for sustainable ag.)
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services: Kevin Concannon
Deputy Under Secretary: Janey Thornton
Administrator for Food & Nutrition Service: Julie Paradis
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary: Nathan Blake
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary: Norah Deluhery
(Concannon's from Iowa's Health & Human Services Dept and Thornton's from the School Nutrition Association.)
Under Secretary for Food Safety & Inspection Service: Nobody
Deputy Under Secretary: Jerold R. Mande
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs: John Ferrell
Deputy Under Secretary: Ann Wright
Administrator for Agricultural Marketing Service: Rayne Pegg
Administrator for GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Agency): J Dudley Butler
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary: Lisa Bertelson
Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary: Luke Knowles
Special Assistant for Horticultural Crops: Livia Marques
National Organic Program Deputy Administrator: Miles McEvoy
Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment: Nobody
Deputy Under Secretaries: Ann Mills and Jay Jensen
Chief of U.S. Forest Service: Tom Tidwell
Administrator for National Resource Conservation Service: Dave White
Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics: Rajiv Shah
Deputy Under Secretary: Molly Jahn
Counselor to the Under Secretary: Rachael Goldfarb
Senior Advisor for Energy & Climate: Maura O'Neill
Senior Advisor for International Affairs Ann Tutwiler
Administrator for National Institute for Food & Agriculture: Roger Beachy
(This is a part of the USDA that I worry about. Shah came directly from the Gates Foundation, and Roger Beachy is Monsanto's boy.)
Under Secretary for Rural Development: Dallas Tonsager
Deputy Under Secretaries: Victor Vasquez & Cheryl Cook
Chief of Staff, Rural Business Service: Curt Wiley
Administrator for Housing and Community Facilities Programs: Tammye Trevino
Administrator for Business and Cooperative Programs: Judith Canales
Deputy Administrator, Rural Utility Service: Jessica Zufolo
Confidential Assistant, Rural Utility Service: Katie Yocum
Director of Economic and Community Development: Stacey Brayboy
Confidential Assistant to the Administrator of Housing Programs: Tim Gannon
Confidential Assistant to the Administrator of Rural Business and Cooperative Services: Shayna Cherry
Confidential Assistant to the Administrator of Rural Business and Cooperative Services: Liz Purchia
(FYI, you can see the USDA org chart here) |
