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President Joe Biden has nominated Doug Parker to be the assistant secretary for occupational safety and health at the Department of Labor and plans to nominate Republican Cindy McCain as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. World Food Programme.

Western Growers has added Afreen Malik as the new science programs director and Michael Solomon has joined FiveStar Gourmet Foods as the company’s new president.

Clark Ogilvie will be the new general counsel of the Farm Credit Administration, and the American Seed Trade Association has hired Payton Englert as the association’s new director of government affairs.

The Southern States Cooperative, Inc. board of directors announced today leadership changes that will become effective June 30, 2021.

Oscar Gonzales has a new role at USDA and a handful of people are getting ready for new board roles.

Oscar Gonzales has a new role at the Department of Agriculture, and there are new faces at several key food and ag positions in Washington.

Laura Cattani was appointed to the Kern County Water Agency board and the California Fresh Fruit Association has elected a new chairman and officers on its board of directors for 2021.

Katherine Tai has been confirmed by the Senate to be the next U.S. Trade Representative, and Kristi Boswell has joined Alston and Bird as a counsel.

The Almond Board of California hired Michael Roots and Bill Capsalis has been appointed executive director of Naturally Boulder.

President Joe Biden will nominate Janie Simms Hipp, an agricultural law veteran and member of the Chickasaw Nation, to become the Agriculture Department’s general counsel, and USDA also announces new senior leadership positions.