Release No. 0170.09
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Names Lisa Pino as Deputy Administrator for Food and Nutrition Service
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced
that Lisa Pino will serve as Deputy Administrator for USDA's Food and Nutrition
Service. The agency works to increase food security and reduce hunger in
partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-income
people access to food, a healthy diet, and nutrition education in a manner that
supports American agriculture and inspires public confidence.
"Lisa has spent her career working with and helping underserved communities
and she brings valuable hands on experience that will help strengthen our
national food and nutrition programs," said Vilsack. "Her expertise will be
invaluable as President Obama and I continue working to improve the health and
nutrition of people across this great country."
Pino most recently served as Director of Public Affairs for the International
Institute of the Americas College in Phoenix, Ariz. She has also worked with the
Florence Immigrant Rights and Refugee Project as well as the Community Legal
Services Farmworker Unit in rural Arizona.
A New York native, Pino received her B.A., M.A., and J.D. from Arizona State
University, and is a member of the Arizona State Bar Association. In 2008, she
completed Harvard University's Executive Public Leadership Program as a National
Hispana Leadership Institute Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, and The
White House Project program in New York.
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05/26/2009
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