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Julie Paradis was named as deputy under secretary for food, nutrition, and consumer services. She succeeded Mary Ann Keeffe, who held that position from March 1996 to November 1997, and who is now the deputy administrator for international cooperation and development in the Foreign Agricultural Service.
Before rejoining USDA, Paradis served since January 1995 as deputy counsel of the minority staff of the House Agriculture Committee, where she oversaw legislation concerning such matters as nutrition and domestic feeding programs. From 1991-94 she was the assistant majority counsel for the House Agriculture Committee, where she provided legal support for the reauthorization of the National School Lunch Act and the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act. She served as the staff director for the Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition from 1989-91.
From 1983-89 Paradis worked as a senior attorney in the Legislative Division of the Office of the General Counsel, after having been a staff attorney in OGC's Food and Nutrition Division from 1979-83, where she specialized in FNS's Food Stamp Program. She is a member of the Texas Bar.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Paradis holds a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Houston, and a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. ¤
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