On
January 17, 2006,
President George W.
Bush nominated Boyd
K. Rutherford to the
position of Assistant
Secretary for Administration
to the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA).
He was confirmed,
by unanimous consent,
by the United States
Senate on May 12,
2006. As
Assistant Secretary,
he serves as the Department's:
Chief Acquisition
Officer, Chief Human
Capital Officer, the
Senior Energy and
Environmental Official;
the Freedom of Information
Act Officer, and directs
the Department's emergency
operations center
and related emergency
management functions.
Prior to
serving with USDA,
Boyd served Maryland
Governor Robert L.
Ehrlich, Jr. as Secretary
of the Maryland Department
of General Services
(DGS). From
January 2003 to June
2006, Mr. Rutherford
was responsible for
more than $900 million
in annual contract
administration and
10 million square-feet
of State-owned and
leased facilities.
He
also served as Construction
Advisor to the Board
of Public Works. He was a member the General Professional Services Selection Board,
the Information Technology
Board, the Procurement
Advisory Council,
the Maryland Food
Center Authority,
and the Interagency
Committee for Public
School Construction.
Mr. Rutherford
came to DGS from the
U. S. General Services
Administration (GSA).
In
President George W.
Bush's first term,
he appointed Mr. Rutherford
to the position of
Associate Administrator
of GSA. At
GSA, Mr. Rutherford
wore dual hats as
Associate Administrator
for Small Business
Utilization and Associate
Administrator for
Performance Improvement.
Mr. Rutherford
has extensive legal
and business experience
including service
in the fields of information
technology sales,
law, and small and
minority business
development. He
graduated from Howard
University with a
bachelor's degree
in economics and political
science. He
holds a law degree
and a master's degree
in communications
management from the
University of Southern
California..
Mr. Rutherford
is a member of the
State Bars of California
and Maryland, as well
as the District of
Columbia bar. He
has practiced law
in Southern California,
Washington, D.C.,
and Baltimore. The primary focus of his practice was regulatory
law and litigation,
including advising
companies and non-profits
on Federal and State
Brownfields legislation.
Mr.
Rutherford previously
served on the Baltimore
City Brownfields Redevelopment
Council and on the
Board of the Corridor
Transportation Corporation.
Mr. Rutherford
resides in Columbia,
Maryland with his
wife and two of his
three children. He
and his wife have
an adult child, who
resides in Southern
California.