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Veneman also serves as a board member of the Close Up Foundation, a civic education organization, and has served previously on a number of advisory councils and committees, particularly those involving higher education.

Veneman and Initiative
As part of several actions to implement the President ’ s Management Agenda ( PMA ), Veneman began USDA ’ s e-Government Initiative, which made an unprecedented array of programs and services available electronically.

Veneman and at
Veneman is currently a board member of Malaria No More, a New York-based nonprofit that was launched at the 2006 White House Summit with the goal of ending all deaths caused by malaria.
U. S. Senator Tom Harkin said at Veneman ’ s confirmation hearing, " I was encouraged by the nomination of Ann Veneman to serve as Secretary of Agriculture.
* Executive Director Ann M. Veneman at UNICEF

Veneman and Policy
To help lead USDA into the 21st century, in 2001 Veneman released a blueprint for agriculture, Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century.

Veneman and Center
In 2001 Veneman received the Outstanding Woman in International Trade Award, the UC Davis Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award and the Food Research and Action Center Award.

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Borlaug with USDA Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman near the birthday cake prepared for his 90th birthday
Ann Margaret Veneman ( born June 29, 1949 ) is the former Executive Director of UNICEF, a position she held from 2005 to 2010.
Previously, Veneman was the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the first and only woman to hold that position.
Veneman served as USDA Secretary from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2005, leaving to become the fifth executive director of UNICEF.
A lawyer by training, Veneman has practiced law in Washington, DC and California, including being a deputy public defender.
Veneman was raised on a peach farm in Modesto, California.
Her father, John Veneman, was former undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare and member of the California State Assembly.
Veneman began her legal career as a staff attorney with the General Counsel's office of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District in Oakland, California, in 1976.
Veneman joined the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service in 1986, serving as Associate Administrator until 1989.
At this point Veneman took a break from political and administrative office to practice with the law firm and lobby group Patton, Boggs & Blow and also served on several boards of directors and advisory groups.
In 1995 Veneman re-entered government, when she was appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, again being the first woman to hold the position.
From 1999 to 2001 Veneman was an attorney with Nossaman LLP, where she focused her attention on food, agriculture, environment, technology, and trade related issues.
Veneman has received several awards and distinctions throughout her career.
In 2009 Veneman was named to the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list, ranking 46th.
In 2004 Veneman was honored with an Honorary Membership with the U. S. State Department ’ s U. S .- Afghan Women ’ s Council and an Honorary Membership with Sigma Alpha Sorority, the national professional agriculture sorority.
In 2002, Veneman received the California Council for International Trade Golden State Award, the Dutch American Heritage Award, Junior Statesman Foundation Statesman of the Year Award and the United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Distinguished Service Award.
Veneman is also co-chair of Mothers Day Every Day, along with former U. S. President Bill Clinton ’ s Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala.

serves and co-leader
Leavitt serves as a co-leader of the Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

serves and Nutrition
In his position as the second-highest Democrat on the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Leahy serves as Chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition and General Legislation.
Rep. Baca also serves on the House Agriculture Committee, where he is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Departmental Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of LifeSpring Home Nutrition and Special Olympics International, and serves on the Advisory Board of USC's Center for Effective Organizations.

serves and Physical
Haynes also serves as Monmouth's Athletic Director and as an instructor in the Department of Physical Education.
* The Biological & Physical Sciences Library which is situated in the Oppenheimer Life Sciences Building on East Campus and serves the Faculty of Science, together with the Geomaths Library.
After the end of World War II in 1945 it was renamed to the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt ( the Federal Institute of Physical and Technical Affairs ) and serves as the national metrology institute.
He is the head of faculty at Singularity University, where he serves as co-chair of the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and the chair of the Faculty of Space and Physical Sciences.
He currently serves as the chairman of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation department at Duke and teaches a freshman seminar on the history of American sports.
Established in the 1930s as the Leningrad Military Academy of Physical Fitness " General Staff of the Armed Forces ", the academy serves as the training hub for military sportsmen of the Russian Armed Forces.

serves and Activity
The company mainly serves the leisure travel customer and is organised and managed through four business sectors: Mainstream, Specialist and Emerging Markets, Activity and Online Destination Services.
The Support Activity has expanded its mission and Department of Defense support role with over 40 tenant commands, and today is a training center, with the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command ( NNPTC ), Nuclear Power Training Unit, Propulsion Facility, and Border Patrol satellite academy ; Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston ; Mobile Mine Assembly Unit ; Explosive Ordnance Detachments ; Marine Corps Reserve Center ; an engineering complex, with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center ( SPAWAR, this is the largest employer in the Charleston area ) and is close to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast ; 269 above-ground ammunition magazines, maintenance and storage of military ordnance including mines, and serves as an Army logistics hub, the busiest continental United States surface port in the defense transportation system.

serves and Initiative
P. W. Singer, author of Wired for War, serves as the Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative, and Michael E. O ' Hanlon, serves as the Director of Research.
He is a co-chairman of the board of the comic industry charity The Hero Initiative and serves on its Disbursement Committee.
She presently serves as Director of the Interfaith Initiative of the American Association of People with Disabilities, based in Washington, D. C., and has co-authored and edited " That All May Worship ," an award winning handbook for religious congregations working to include people with all types of disabilities.
Garrett is also co-Director of the USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics and serves on the boards of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at USC and the Pacific Council on International Policy
, he sits on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and serves on its Disbursement Committee.
He is the founding Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative, co-sponsored by eight international non-governmental organizations specializing in nuclear disarmament ; he now serves as Senior Advisor to the current Chairman, Ambassador Henrik Salander of Sweden.
Furthermore, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Chaykin serves on the Disbursement Committee of the comic-book industry charity The Hero Initiative.
Simonson serves on the Disbursement Committee of the comic-book industry charity The Hero Initiative.
She serves on the board of directors for the Open Society Justice Initiative and has served as a consultant on international human rights issues for both Human Rights First and the International Center for Transitional Justice.
Palis serves on the board of the Science Initiative Group.
Milliken serves on the board of directors of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges ( NASULGC ) and as a co-chair of the Council on Competitiveness ' Regional Innovation Initiative Leadership Steering Committee.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative ( NTI ) serves as the Secretariat for the Nuclear Security Project, in cooperation with the Hoover Institution.
Choi arrived at Emory University in August 2007, where he currently serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Neurosciences Center and the Neuroscience, Human Nature, and Society Initiative, both of which are under the umbrella of Emory Healthcare.

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