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Colien Hefferan was selected as the administrator of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. She succeeded Charles Laughlin, who served in that position from June 1999 until October 2000, when he resigned for health reasons.

From August 1996 until her selection in October 2000, Hefferan served as the associate administrator for CSREES. Within that time she also served as CSREES’s acting administrator from March 1998 until June 1999. The November-December 1996 issue of the USDA News carried her complete biographical sketch, following her selection to the position of CSREES associate administrator.