Kathleen Merrigan

Kathleen A. Merrigan
United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
In office
April 8, 2009 – March 14, 2013
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Chuck Conner
Succeeded by Krysta Harden
Personal details
Born October 6, 1959
Pittsfield, Massachusetts[1]
Political party Democratic

Kathleen Ann Merrigan was sworn in as the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture on April 8, 2009.[2] She resigned from this position on March 14, 2013.[3]

Merrigan gives a thumbs up with the cafeteria nutrition staff while visiting Carl G. Renfroe Middle School in Decatur, Georgia

Merrigan helped develop USDA's organic labeling rules while head of the Agricultural Marketing Service from 1999-2001.[4] Between her USDA positions, she worked at Tufts University as Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program. She has a PhD in environmental planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5]

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/digest2009/d02AP091.html
  3. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-14/kathleen-merrigan-resigns-as-u-s-deputy-agriculture-secretary.html
  4. ↑ Id.
  5. ↑ Merrigan, Kathleen A. - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy - Tufts University at the Wayback Machine

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