RESIGNATION LEAVES ANOTHER SENIOR USDA TRADE JOB UNFILLED
News Date January 19, 2010
USDA announced the resignation of Deputy Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Burnham (Bud) Philbrook who is leaving to care for his son. This resignation follows Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s reassignment of Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Michael Michener to the embassy to the United Nation's food agencies in Rome. Following Philbrook’s departure, USDA will not have political leadership on trade issues below Jim Miller, Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. (Contact: Amy Mann)