Director, Compliance Division
Ramonda Reed began her career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) in 2008 as a USDA/1890 National Scholar. During this time, Ramonda interned with Rural Development and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) while obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the illustrious Fort Valley State University, where she had the opportunity to join an organization dedicated to providing community service at a national level, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Incorporated. As a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Incorporated, Ramonda has always had a passion for helping others which led her to a career in civil rights. Following graduation, she worked full-time with OASCR while completing her Master of Public Policy degree program. While with OASCR, Ramonda worked on a myriad of topics concerning civil rights, such as Civil Rights Impact Analyses; ensuring access for Limited English Proficient customers; drafting Federal Register notices, policy statements, and Departmental Regulations; preparing Economic Impact Analyses; drafting reports to Congress and other Federal Agencies; responding to program discrimination complaints.
In 2019, Ramonda joined the Food and Nutrition Service as Technical Advisor to the Civil Rights Director. During this time, Ramonda continued to provide expertise on Civil Rights Impact Analyses, guiding the development of the CRIA guidebook and the Gender-inclusive language guidebook, and provided technical advice related to the implementation of Executive Orders, meal modification requests in FNS programs, and recipients’ compliance with civil rights laws, regulations, and policies.
In 2023, Ramonda Reed was selected to serve as the Director of the Compliance Division in the Center for Civil Rights Operations. Ramonda is now responsible for ensuring compliance with civil rights laws, executive orders, USDA regulations, Departmental regulations, and policies as well as ensuring regulations, reorganizations, and advisory committees are not implemented in a manner which causes an adverse or disproportionate impact on protected populations.