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The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): 1996 Edition

BRANCH: EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Location Position Title Name of Incumbent
Pay Plan
Type of Appt.
Level Grade or Pay
Tenure
Expires
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Housing Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Sara J. Yager .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant William G. Simpson .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Michael S. Derian .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICS
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Joan E. Moran .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Gregory L. Carnill .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Richard A. Eaglin .......... ........
Washington, DC Special Assistant Richard B. Steinkamp .......... ........
Washington, DC Staff Assistant Claudette Siegel .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, & CONSUMER SERVICS
Food and Consumer Service
Alexandria, VA Confidential Assistant Graydon J. Forrer .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Housing Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Joseph J. Taggart .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Alexander A. Jones .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Diana Brown .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Anthony C. Haynes .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, & CONSUMER SERV
Food and Consumer Service
Alexandria, VA Special Assistant Rajen S. Anand .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Jennifer B. Harris .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Special Assistant Martha W. Phipps .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Vincent C. Ancell .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Washington, DC Private Secretary Margaret E. Wetherald .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Staff Assistant Miguel A. Gonzalez .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Agricultural Marketing Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Donna C. Powell .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Thomas A. O'Brien .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Foreign Agricultural Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Marietta B. Yancy .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Frankie D. King .......... ........
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Washington, DC Special Assistant Joan C. Shaffer .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Special Assistant Anne K. Kennedy .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Northeast Area Director Timothy A. Carter .......... ........
Washington, DC Area Director, Midwest Region Robert Soukup .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Special Assistant Eric N. Olsen .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, & CONSUMER SERV
Food and Consumer Service
Alexandria, VA Confidential Assistant Dorothy J. Ford .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Mary F. Hedrick .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Stephen M. Jones .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Glenn W. Cherry .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Nathaniel D. Otis .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, & CONSUMER SERV
Washington, DC Executive Assistant Patricia Morris .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Foreign Agricultural Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant John B. Winski .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Washington, DC Director of Legislative and Public Affairs Eileen M. McMahon .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, & ECONOMICS
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
Washington, DC Director, Legislative Affairs Maureen C. Kelly .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Lou A. Kling .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Frances Johnson .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Foreign Agricultural Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Eugene B. Vickers .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Jennifer M. Yezak .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Foreign Agricultural Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Terrence Barber .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Patrick T. Collins .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Hannah L. Richert .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, & CONSUMER SERV
Food and Consumer Service
Alexandria, VA Confidential Assistant Mary B. Schultheis .......... ........
Alexandria, VA Confidential Assistant Robin S. Leeds .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Ronald F. Shrader .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, & ECONOMICS
Agricultural Research Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Barbara A. Meister .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Housing Service
Washington, DC Executive Assistant Eileen M. Fitzgerald .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Washington, DC Staff Assistant Stephanie M. Hague .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Susan L. Powell .......... ........
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Mary A. Dixon .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Housing Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Angela F. Courtney .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, & CONSUMER SERV
Food and Consumer Service
Alexandria, VA Confidential Assistant Alicia R. Bambara .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Samuel J. Phipps .......... ........
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Washington, DC Executive Assistant Samuel E. Thornton .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Housing Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Bonnie B. Berry .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, & CONSUMER SERV
Food and Consumer Service
Alexandria, VA Confidential Assistant Laura E. Trivers .......... ........
Alexandria, VA Confidential Assistant Donna J. Buntrock .......... ........
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Washington, DC Executive Speech Writer Bonny Wolf .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, & CONSUMER SERV
Food and Consumer Service
Alexandria, VA Confidential Assistant John Maynor .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Tekle M. Mulugeta .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Business Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Victor Vesquez .......... ........
Washington, DC Senior Policy Director Bart H. Chilton .......... ........
Washington, DC Deputy Administrator, Policy and Planning Wayne H. Farbush .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Alvin Brown .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Vivian D. Peters .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant John C. Gibson .......... ........
Office of the Executive Secretariat
Washington, DC Director Margaret L. Finnerty .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Washington, DC Staff Assistant Richard L. Grand .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Business Service
Washington, DC Special Assistant Benjamin K. Carter .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Washington, DC Staff Assistant Tracye P. Moore .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Danny D. Sells .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC Secretary (Typing) Brenda S. Young .......... ........
Washington, DC Special Assistant Robert F. Tucker .......... ........
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
Chief Economist
Washington, DC Staff Assistant Jennifer Rollison .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Housing Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant La Jaycee M. Brown .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
Personnel
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Betty J. Thomas .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Susan C. Gossman .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Pamela D. Brewington .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Elizabeth C. Jones .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Washington, DC Special Assistant Lawrence E. Elworth .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Special Assistant Carole Angle .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Carolyn A. Phillips .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Agricultural Marketing Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Moises V. Vela .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant R. J. Eaglin .......... ........
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Washington, DC Director, Public Liaison Sedelta Verble .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Special Assistant Sharron S. Longino .......... ........
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Washington, DC Deputy Director, Special Projects Albers J. Jaeger .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
Washington, DC Special Assistant Joanne S. Dyakon .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Business Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Eloise Thomas .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
Civil Rights Enforcement
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Michael L. Alexander .......... ........
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Washington, DC Deputy Press Secretary James Petterson .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Patrick J. Fry .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Tijuana G. Young .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Vivian L. Portis .......... ........
Washington, DC Area Director, SE Region William R. Wheeler .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Frank M. Rookard .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Washington, DC Staff Assistant Charles B. Handford .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Vivian A. Dickson .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Patricia Peers .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant John P. Romano .......... ........
Washington, DC Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Inga P. Smulkstys .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, & ECONOMICS
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
Washington, DC Special Assistant Clyde S. Teasley .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Mark S. Gaede .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Joan Mondschein .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Washington, DC Special Assistant Joyce C. Willis .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Rural Business Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Brad L. Captain .......... ........
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Cecil V. McDonald .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Special Assistant David W. McCarty .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, & ECONOMICS
Agricultural Research Service
Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Thomas Gonzales .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC Special Assistant Sam C. Dunlap .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
Washington, DC Private Secretary Deborah S. Brenchick .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Riverdale, MD Director, Biotechnology, Biologics, and Environmental Protection Alejandro Thiermann .......... .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM & FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV
Foreign Agricultural Service
Washington, DC Deputy Administrator, Management Earl C. Hadlock .......... .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, & ECONOMICS
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Washington, DC Director, Research Division Raymond R. Bosecker .......... .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING & REGULATORY PROGRAMS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Ames, IA Director, National Veterinary Services Laboratory James E. Pearson .......... .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration Anne F. Reed .......... .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
Washington, DC Assistant General Counsel, Natural Resources Michael J. Gippert .......... .......... ........
Washington, DC Assistant General Counsel, Marketing Division Kenneth H. Vail .......... .......... ........
Washington, DC Assistant General Counsel, Food and Nutrition Division Ronald W. Hill .......... .......... ........
Washington, DC Associate General Counsel, Legislation, Litigation, Research & Oper James M. Kelly .......... .......... ........
Washington, DC Associate General Counsel, Regulatory and Marketing John T. Golden .......... .......... ........
Washington, DC Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Division Thomas M. Walsh .......... .......... ........
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
Personnel
Washington, DC Director of Personnel Evelyn M. White .......... .......... ........
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
Office of Budget & Program Analysis
Washington, DC Director Stephen B. Dewhurst .......... .......... ........