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Stacy Dean | |
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| Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services | |
| Assumed office January 21, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
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| Education | University of Michigan (BA,MPP) |
For the American singer-songwriter,author,and TV host,see Stacy Dean Campbell.
Stacy Dean is an American policy advisor who is serving as deputy under secretary of agriculture for food,nutrition,and consumer services.
Dean earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Policy from the University of Michigan. [1]
From 1992 to 1997,Dean served as a budget analyst in the Office of Management and Budget. She joined the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in 1997,working as a senior policy analyst until 2000 and vice president for food assistance policy until 2021. [2] [3]
On January 21,2021,Dean began service in the Biden administration as deputy under secretary for food,nutrition,and consumer services at the Department of Agriculture. On May 13,2022,President Biden nominated her to the under secretary position in the same office. [2] [3] Her nomination was resubmitted in January 2023 but expired a year later and was not resubmitted. [4]
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