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Chris Gomez was selected as the deputy director of the Office of Operations. He succeeded George Aldaya, who served in that position from 1999 until August 2000, when he became director of the Kansas City (Mo.) Commodity Office with the Farm Service Agency.

From 1994 until he was selected for this position, effective in November 2000, Gomez served as the assistant administrator for procurement and administrative services in the Rural Development mission area. He was director of the Procurement Management Division in the [then] Farmers Home Administration from 1991-94.

From 1990-91 Gomez served as director of the Office of Procurement Operations at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He was deputy director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at the Department of Commerce from 1986-90. From 1982-86 he served as director of Commerce’s Procurement Systems Branch, after having worked from 1980-82 as director of administrative services in the Office of Minority Business Development at that department. He owned a family franchise restaurant in Tucson, Ariz., from 1976-80. From 1970-74 he served as a logistics officer in the U.S. Air Force.

A long-time resident of Tucson, Gomez holds a B.A. degree in political science from the College of Saint Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.