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management directory

office of the administrator (OA)

Administrator: Susan Offutt
Associate Administrator: Phil Fulton
Assistant Administrator: Paul Gibson
Central Operations Staff Director: Leslee Lowstuter
Civil Rights Director: Joyce Key


food and rural economics division (FRED)

Director: Betsey Kuhn
Associate Director: Jim Blaylock
Deputy Director for Research and Product Coordinator: Michael LeBlanc
Deputy Director for Staff Analysis and Communication: Steve Crutchfield
Deputy Director for Food Assistance Research: David Smallwood
Diet, Safety, and Health Economics Branch Chief: Elise Golan
Food Assistance Branch Chief: Mark Prell
Rural Economy Branch Chief: Leslie Whitener
Food Markets Branch Chief: Mark Denbaly


information services division (ISD)

Director: Paul Gibson (Acting)
Deputy Director for Communications: Adrie Custer
Associate Director: Fred Hoff
Applications Development Branch Chief: John Baumgartner
Information Technology Services Branch Chief: Mike Ahrens
Publishing and Communications Branch Chief: Thomas McDonald

market and trade economics division (MTED)

Director: Neil Conklin
Deputy Director for Research and Program Management: Mary Bohman
Deputy Director for International Programs and Policy Analysis: Cheryl Christensen
Deputy Director for Market Analysis and Outlook: Joy Harwood
Global Agricultural Markets Branch Chief: Suchada Langley
Assistant Director for Communications: Lewrene Glaser
Animal Products Branch Chief: Janet Perry
Asia/Western Hemisphere Branch Chief: Praveen Dixit
Europe/Africa/Middle East Branch Chief: John Dunmore
Field Crops Branch Chief: Demcey Johnson
Specialty Crops Branch Chief: Daniel Pick

resource economics division (RED)

Director: Kitty Smith
Associate Director for Research: Carol Jones
Deputy Director for Staff Analysis: Joseph Cooper
Deputy Director for Communications: Keith Wiebe
Data and Survey Coordinator: Robert Dubman
Agricultural Structure Branch Chief: James MacDonald
Farm Sector Performance and Well-Being Branch Chief: Jim Johnson
Production Management and Technology Branch Chief: Utpal Vasavada
Resource and Environmental Policy Branch Chief: Marca Weinberg
Resources, Technology, and Productivity Branch Chief: Robbin Shoemaker

for more information, contact: Nedra C. Williams
web administration:
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page updated: October 7, 2004

 

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