Kathleen Merrigan
Executive Director
Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University
From 2009 to 2013, Kathleen Merrigan was deputy secretary and COO of the United States Department of Agriculture, where she led efforts to support local food systems. She is known for authoring the law establishing national standards for organic food and the federal definition of sustainable agriculture. Merrigan is a board member of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and a Trustee of CIFOR and ICRAF. She is a partner in Astanor Ventures and an advisor to S2G Ventures, two firms investing in ag-tech innovation. She heads the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University.
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