Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Patricia L. St. Clair
Associate Assistant Secretary
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Center for Civil Rights Enforcement
Executive Director
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Mail Stop 9410
Washington, DC 20250
Center for Civil Rights Operations
Executive Director
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Mail Stop 9407
Washington, DC 20250
EEO Counselors
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Phone: (202) 720-0583
Fax: (202) 690-0476
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Phone: (202) 720-6161
Fax: (202) 690-0109
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Phone: (301) 851-4180
1-800-342-7231
Fax: (301) 734-9396
Departmental Administration
Office of Contracting and Procurement
Office of Customer Experience
Office of Homeland Security
Office of Human Resources Management
Office of Operations
Office of Property and Environmental Management
Office of Safety, Security and Protection
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Office of the Executive Secretariat
Phone: (202) 690-9302
Fax: (833) 275-0796
Email: CCD_Informal@usda.gov
Office of the Secretary
Staff Offices:
Office of Budget and Program Analysis
Office of the Chief Economist
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Office of Communications
Office of Congressional Relations
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Office of General Counsel
Office of Ethics
Office of Hearings and Appeals
Office of Partnership and Public Engagement
Phone: (202) 690-9302
Fax: (833) 275-0796
Email: CCD_Informal@usda.gov
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Phone: (202) 720-6161
Fax: (202) 690-0109
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Phone: (301) 504-0026
Email: Sm.fpac.eeo@usda.gov
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
Phone: (703) 305-2195
Fax: (703) 305-2832
Email: sm.fn.eeo@usda.gov
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Phone: (301) 504-7755
Fax: (301) 504-2141
Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC-BC)
Phone: (301) 504-0026
Email: Sm.fpac.eeo@usda.gov
Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS)
Phone: (202) 720-7233
Fax: (202) 720-2658
Emails:
fas-ocr@usda.gov
stephania.mahdi@usda.gov
will.deibler@usda.gov
michelle.turner2@usda.gov
adriano.vasquez@usda.gov
Forest Service - Informal Complaint Management Office (FS)- Atlanta, GA
Phone: (404) 347-1908
Fax: (404) 347-1931
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
Phone: (202) 720-9528
Fax: (202) 690-0609
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Phone: (202) 720-8257
Fax: (202) 690-0109
Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS)
Phone: (301) 504-0026
Email: Sm.fpac.eeo@usda.gov
Risk Management Agency – (RMA)
Phone: (301) 504-0026
Email: Sm.fpac.eeo@usda.gov
Rural Development – (RD)- (Rural Housing Service and Rural Utilities Service)
Phone: (202) 692-0090
Fax: (202) 692-0279
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Phone: (202) 720-6161
Fax: (202) 690-0109
USDA Mission Area Civil Rights Directors
Farm Production and Conservation
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is the Department’s focal point for the nation’s farmers and ranchers and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands. FPAC agencies implement programs designed to mitigate the significant risks of farming through crop insurance services, conservation programs and technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster programs.
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC)
WILLISA M. DONALD
Director, Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Division
Farm Production and Conservation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave SW
Room 3211 South Building
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: 202-880-2289
Email: Willisa.Donald@usda.gov
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services works to harness the Nation's agricultural abundance to end hunger and improve health in the United States. Its agencies administer federal domestic nutrition assistance programs and the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, which links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers through science-based dietary guidance, nutrition policy coordination, and nutrition education.
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
ROBERTO CONTRERAS
Director, Civil Rights
Civil Rights Division, 7th Floor
1320 Braddock Pl
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 305-2195
Fax: (703) 305-2832
Email: Roberto.Contreras@usda.gov
Food Safety
Food Safety ensures that the Nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and properly labeled, and packaged. This mission area also plays a key role in the President's Council on Food Safety and has been instrumental in coordinating a national food safety strategic plan among various partner agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
ANGIE KELLY
Director, Civil Rights Staff
Office of the Administrator, FSIS,
USDA
4700 River Road Suite 1B-01D
Riverdale, MD 20737
Phone: (301) 504-7755 (try first)
Cell: (301) 504-7755Fax: (301)504-2141
Email: Angela.Kelly@usda.gov
Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Marketing and Regulatory Programs facilitates domestic and international marketing of U.S. agricultural products and ensures the health and care of animals and plants. MRP agencies are active participants in setting national and international standards.
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
CLIFTON GILCHRIST
Director, Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue SW
Room 1095 South Building
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 720-3980
Fax: (202) 690-0476
Email: Clifton.Gilchrist@ams.usda.gov
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
DOUGLAS KEELER
Director, Office of Civil Rights
USDA-Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
Office of the Administrator
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 1640-S
Washington, DC 20250
Email: Douglas.Keeler@usda.gov
Natural Resources and Environment
Natural Resources and Environment ensures the health of the land through sustainable management. Its agency works to prevent damage to natural resources and the environment, restore the resource base, and promote good land management.
Forest Service (FS)
ERICA NIETO
Director, Office of Civil Rights
Office of the Chief
201 14th Street, SW, 2SC
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: 202-205-0827
Phone: 505-414-5072
Email: Erica.Nieto@usda.gov
Research, Education and Economics
Research, Education and Economics is dedicated to the creation of a safe, sustainable, competitive U.S. food and fiber system, as well as strong communities, families, and youth through integrated research, analysis, and education.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
TRACEY TROUTMAN
Director
USDA South Building
USDA-ARS-ODEO
Phone: (202)720-6161
Email: Tracey.Troutman@usda.gov
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
JUNE TURNER
Director, Civil Rights
Room 5025-S
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 720-8257
Fax: (202) 720-9013
Email: June.Turner@usda.gov
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
VIDAL B. GRAY
Director, Equal Opportunity & Civil Rights
USDA, National Institute of Food & Agriculture
Phone: 682-216-8784
Email: Vidal.Gray@usda.gov
Economic Research Service (ERS)
KEVIN SMITH
Acting Director, Civil Rights Division
1400 Independence Avenue,
South Building Room 1670
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 690-3640
Fax: (202) 690-0476
Email: Kevin.N.Smith2@usda.gov
Rural Development
Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America by providing financial programs to support essential public facilities and services as water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service facilities and electric and telephone service. Rural Development promotes economic development by providing loans to businesses through banks and community-managed lending pools, while also assisting communities to participate in community empowerment programs.
Rural Development
SHARESE C. PAYLOR, Ed.D.
Civil Rights Director
Rural Development
United States Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: 202.692.0097 | Cell: 202.253.5669
Fax: 844-496-7792
Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs' (TFAA) role is to provide our farmers and ranchers with opportunities to compete in the global marketplace. TFAA is the Department’s lead on trade policy with primary responsibility to ensure USDA speaks with a unified voice on international agriculture issues domestically and abroad. It oversees and facilitates foreign market access and promotes opportunities for U.S. agriculture through various trade programs and high-level government negotiations.
Foreign Agricultural Service
ADRIANO VASQUEZ
Director, Civil Rights
Room 4067-S
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 720-890
Fax: (202) 720-2658
Email: Adriano.Vasquez@fas.usda.gov
The Office of the Inspector General
The Office of Inspector General independently and objectively performs audits and investigations of the Department's programs and operations; and works on activities that promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness or prevent and detect fraud and abuse in programs and operations, both within USDA and in non-Federal entities that receive USDA assistance.
Office of the Inspector General
PEACE NGO
Director, Office of Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 430-7998
Email: Peace.Ngo@oig.usda.gov
Office of the Chief Financial Officer - OCFO
The office is responsible for the overall, management, and processing of required reports and actions related to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaints of discrimination filed against the agency.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
DONNA GILBERT
EEO Manager
Civil Rights and Conflict Management Office (CRCMO)
USDA/Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
National Finance Center (NFC)
13800 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, LA 70129
Bldg. #101, 2nd Floor - EB 38
Office: (504) 799-3581
Cellular: (504)655-3556
Email: Donna.Gilbert@usda.gov
Conflict Complaints Division-OASCR
The division is responsible for the overall direction, management, and processing of conflict of interest and highly sensitive Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaints of discrimination filed against USDA.
TINA QUARLES
Director
1400 Independence Avenue
South Building, 6th Floor, 2nd Wing
Mail Stop Code 9412
Washington, DC 20250
Work Cell: 202-924-7716
Email: Tina.Quarles@usda.gov
Email: CCDInfo@usda.gov – formal complaints
Email: CCD_Informal@usda.gov – informal complaints
