Affiliated NIFA Personnel
USDA Secretary of Agriculture:
Tom Vilsack
Katherine Woteki
Under Secretary of Research, Education,
and Economics (REE) and Chief Scientist –
Sonny Ramaswamy, Administrator
NIFA/USDA, Stop 2201
Phone: 202/720-4423
FAX: 202/720-8987
Email:sonny@nifa.usda.gov
Muquarrab Qureshi, Asst. Director.
Youth, Family, and Community
NIFA/USDA, Stop 2225
Phone: 202/720-2908
FAX: 202/690-2469
Email: mqureshi@nifa.usda.gov
Robert Holland, Asst. Director
Food Safety and Nutrition
NIFA /USDA, Stop 2210
Phone: 202/401-5004
FAX: 202/720-7803
Email: dkugler@nifa.usda.gov
Meryl Broussard, Deputy Admin.
Phone: 202/720-4423
Email: mbroussard@nifa.usda.gov
Michel Desbois, Deputy Administrator
Information Systems and Technology Mgmt.
CSREES/USDA, Stop 2216
Phone: 202/690-0003
FAX: 202/690-1290
Email: mdesbois@nifa.usda.gov
P.S. Benepal, Special Asst.
NIFA/ USDA, Stop 2251
Phone: 202/720-4570
FAX: 202/720-4924
Email: pbenepal@nifa.usda.gov
Edwin Lewis
Nat’l. Program Leader (SERD)
Capacity Building Grant Program
Phone: 202/690-4565
FAX: 202/720-3398
Email:elewis@nifa.usda.gov
(Express Deliveries)
800 9th Street, SW
Suite 3252
Waterfront Center
Washington, DC 20024