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	(1959-10-06) 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 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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^ http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/digest2009/d02AP091.html
^ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-14/kathleen-merrigan-resigns-as-u-s-deputy-agriculture-secretary.html
^ Id.
^ Merrigan, Kathleen A. - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy - Tufts University at the Wayback Machine

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