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Reasonable Accommodations Contacts


TARGET Center partners with the USDA Disability Employment Program to ensure customers requesting assistive technology have access to the latest list of Reasonable Accommodations (RA) Contacts. We will work with your RA Contact as part of our process, but also provide this list for your reference.

Departmental Administration

Bobby Whittington
Reasonable Accommodations Coordinator
robert.whittington@usda.gov
202-720-8629

Heather Ihlenfeldt
Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator
Email: heather.ihlenfeldt@usda.gov
Phone Number: (202) 981-4940

Tyra Thomas
Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator (CTR)
Email: tyra.thomas@usda.gov
Phone Number: (202) 720-0822

Farm Production and Conservation Mission Area

FPAC-BC, Farm Service Agency (FSA), Risk Management Service (RMS) and Natural Resource Conversation Service (NRCS)

Colette Ross
NRCS and FPAC Reasonable Accommodation Program Manager
Colette.Ross@usda.gov
(202) 720-8805

Marvin Jones
FSA and FPAC Reasonable Accommodation Program Manager
Marvin.Jones@usda.gov
(202) 401-0432

Keisha Jones
RMA and FPAC Reasonable Accommodation Program Manager
(202) 401-0228

Supervisor: Count Branham
Supervisory Human Resources Specialist
Email: count.branham@usda.gov
Phone: (202) 401-0351

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Mission Area

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) and Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

The RA mailbox is as follows for the 6 Reasonable Accommodations Coordinators:
FNS.HRD.ReasonableAccommodations@usda.gov

Trimble, Ashleigh - FNS
Email: ashleigh.trimble@usda.gov

  • Administrators Office (AO)
  • HRD
  • Mountain Plains Region (MPRO)

McNair, Keith - FNS
Email: Keith.McNair@usda.gov

  • Child Nutrition Program (CNP)
  • Office of Policy Support (OPS)
  • Regional Operations and Support (ROS)
  • Southeast Region (SERO) - 2320
  • Southwest Region (SWRO) – 2319

Gregson, Lisa - FNS
Email: Lisa.Gregson@usda.gov

  • Management, Technology and Finance (MTF)
  • Western Region (WRO)

Basi, Jasmeer - FNS
Email: Jasmeer.Basi@usda.gov

  • Supplemental Nutrition & Safety (SNAS)
  • Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP)
  • Center For Nutrition Policy & Promotion (CNPP)
  • Midwest Region (MWRO)

Guthrie, Bryan - FNS
Email: Bryan.Guthrie@usda.gov

  • Office of Retailer Operations and Compliance (ROC)
  • Mid-Atlantic Region (MARO)
  • Northeast Region (NERO)

Supervisor: Michelle Sandoval
Chief, Talent Management Branch
Email: michelle.sandoval2@usda.gov
Phone: (505)206-1016

Food Safety Mission Area

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

Julaine McCabe
EEO Specialist
Email: julaine.mccabe@usda.gov
Phone: (612) 852-7708

Kevin Bjork
EEO Specialist
Email: kevin.bjork@usda.gov
Phone: (612) 852-7658

Supervisor: John Paul Antonetti
Branch Chief, Program Management/Information Systems Branch, HRBSD
Email: john.antonetti@usda.gov
Phone: (202) 973-4087

Marketing and Regulatory Programs Mission Area

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

Carmen Humphrey
Carmen.Humphrey@usda.gov
202-690-4077

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Catherine Walker
Catherine.Walker@usda.gov
301-851-2936

Supervisor: Charlotte Y. Jones
Branch Chief, Workplace Resolutions & Wellness Branch
Email: charlotte.y.jones@usda.gov
Phone: (301) 851-2888

Natural Resources and Environment Mission Area

Forest Service (FS)

Region-1
Elizabeth Romero
elizabeth.romero@usda.gov

Region-2
Elizabeth Romero
elizabeth.romero@usda.gov

Region-3
Angela Wytch
angela.wytch@usda.gov

Region-4
Elizabeth Romero
elizabeth.romero@usda.gov

Region-5
Cherrisse Clayton
cherrisse.clayton@usda.gov

Region-6
Randall Murbach
Randall.murbach@usda.gov

Region-8
Sorrell (Walter) Watkins
walter.watkins@usda.gov

Region-9
Sorrell (Walter) Watkins
walter.watkins@usda.gov

Region-10
Randall Murbach
Randall.murbach@usda.gov

Washington Office (WO) (National Forest Systems, State and Private Forestry, Chief Financial Officer, Civil Rights, International Programs, Work Environment & Performance Office (WEPO), Chiefs Chief of Staff, Legislative Affairs, Office of Communication)
Angela Wytch
angela.wytch@usda.gov

Region-Albuquerque Service Center (ASC)/WO (Business Ops, CIO, Enterprise, HRM, PPS and Grants & Agreements, Strategic Planning, Budget & Accountability, ORMS, Safety & EMS; Law Enforcement & Investigation (LEO))
Jayne Calkins
jayne.calkins@usda.gov

All Job Corp (JCC)
Tony (Anthony) Albanese
anthony.albanese@usda.gov

Branch Chief
Sherry Neal
sherry.neal@usda.gov

General Questions/Inquiries
Sarah Stampone
sarah.stampone@usda.gov

Research, Education and Economics Mission Area

Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Economic Research Service (ERS), National Agricultural Library (NAL), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)

Joseph McCleary
Mission Area Reasonable Accommodation Program Manager
REEaccommodations@usda.gov
301-602-2079

Dr. Patricia (Trish) Brining
REE Reasonable Accommodation Program Manager
REEaccommodations@usda.gov
301-837-8945

Supervisor: Hillary E. Clark
Branch Chief, Personnel and Labor Solutions Branch, HRD
Email: hillary.clark@usda.gov
Phone: (301) 504-4888

Rural Development

Deborah Oliver
Reasonable Accommodation Designee
deborah.oliver@usda.gov
202-692-0197

Supervisor: Patsy Gallagher
Email: patsy.gallagher@usda.gov
Phone: (314) 457-5566

Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Mission Area

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

Angela Ubrey
Reasonable Accommodation Manager
angela.ubrey@usda.gov
202-772-4836
RA Mailbox: RARequest@usda.gov

Catherine Walker
Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator
Email: catherine.walker@usda.gov
Phone: (301) 851-2936; (301) 851-2950

Supervisor: Charlotte Y. Jones
Branch Chief, Workplace Resolutions & Wellness Branch
Email: charlotte.y.jones@usda.gov
Phone: (301) 851-2888

Last updated 11/17/2023

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