Kathleen Merrigan to be nominated USDA deputy secretary
“We at the U.S. Department of Agriculture welcome the President's intention to nominate Dr. Merrigan,” said Secretary Tom Vilsack. “She will bring to USDA extensive expertise in agricultural marketing and nutrition and in legislative affairs and will provide excellent, experienced leadership as we move President Obama's agricultural and nutritional agenda forward.”
Merrigan currently is an assistant professor and Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment M.S. and Ph.D. Program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston.