Former Partnership Board Member Ann Tutwiler appointed USDA's Coordinator for the Global Food Security Initiative

We are very pleased to announce that former Partnership Board member Ann Tutwiler has been named USDA’s Coordinator for the Global Food Security Initiative. She will serve in this position out of the Office of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

 

Previously, Ann served as Senior Adviser for International Affairs for Dr. Rajiv Shah, the former Undersecretary of Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics. She has also served as advisor on International Trade for the Africa Bureau’s Sustainable Development group at USAID. Before joining USAID, she was Managing Director, Agricultural Markets, for the Global Development Program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Ann joined the Partnership’s Board of Directors in 2007, stepping down in 2009 when she joined USDA.

 

The official announcement from USDA follows: Ann will be advised by a Food Security Council comprised of experts from across USDA to ensure that the entire department contributes to the initiative and works closely with other USG partners at the State Department, USAID, and Treasury, among others. The Global Food Security Initiative was launched in 2009 by President Obama as a multi-agency and international effort to reduce hunger and malnutrition in some of the world's poorest countries. Ann will ensure that the Department’s expertise in creating functioning markets and improving productivity throughout the value chain is brought to bear on one of the greatest challenges of our time. The US and other donors will work with the world's poorest countries to reduce hunger by building strong agricultural sectors. Over the long term, the Department’s engagement will contribute to the economic growth and market orientation of these countries, which will benefit US farmers and agribusinesses.

 

We offer Ann our warm congratulations and look forward to continuing to work with her in this new position!