Kathleen Merrigan

Kathleen Merrigan
11th United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
In office
April 8, 2009 – March 14, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byChuck Conner
Succeeded byKrysta Harden
Personal details
Born (1959-10-06) October 6, 1959 (age 64)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationWilliams College (BA)
University of Texas at Austin (MPA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)

Kathleen Ann Merrigan (born October 6, 1959)[1] is an American politician who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from April 8, 2009,[2] until her resignation from this position on March 14, 2013.[3] She was the first woman to chair the Ministerial Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in 2011.[4] She was the former Executive Director of the Sustainability Collaborative at the George Washington University. At GW she also led the GW Food Institute and was a Professor of Public Policy.[5] She was named one of the "100 most influential people in the world" by Time magazine in 2010.[6]

  1. ^ Hearing to Consider the Nominations of Joe Leonard, Jr., Kathleen A. Merrigan, and James W. Miller to the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, April 1, 2009. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2010-01-01. ISBN 9780160856341.
  2. ^ "Congressional Record: 2009 Daily Digest". Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  3. ^ "Kathleen Merrigan Resigns as U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary - Bloomberg Business". Bloomberg. bloomberg.com. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  4. ^ "Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan to Lead U.S. Delegation to 37th FAO Ministerial Conference in Rome | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service". www.fas.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  5. ^ "Kathleen Merrigan | Office of the Provost | The George Washington University". provost.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  6. ^ Barber, Dan (2010-04-29). "The 2010 TIME 100 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2017-01-19.