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Dale Moore was named chief of staff to Secretary Ann Veneman. He succeeded Eric Olsen, who was chief of staff to [then] Secretary Dan Glickman from March 2000 until January 2001.

Before joining USDA, from February 1997 until his appointment in February 2001 Moore served as the executive director for legislative affairs at the Washington, DC-based National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. He was the legislative director of the Committee on Agriculture at the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995-96, where he worked on the formulation and passage of the 1996 Farm Bill. From 1993-94 he worked as the Republican legislative coordinator for the House Agriculture Committee.

Moore served as the minority counsel for the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture from 1991-93. From 1985-91 he was the agricultural legislative assistant for [then] U.S. Rep. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who is now a U.S. Senator from Kansas.

A native of Copeland, Kan., where he was raised on a livestock, hay, and grain farm, Moore holds a B.S. degree in animal science/biology from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan.