Peter Fernandez is the associate administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Fernandez, who served as APHIS’s associate deputy administrator for international services from 2000-2002, has 13 years of service with the agency. He began his career with APHIS in 1990 as a veterinary medical officer in Georgetown, Texas. He served as APHIS’s regional director for South America, stationed in Santiago, Chile, from 1998-2000, after having been the agency’s regional director for Mexico, stationed in Mexico City, from 1995-98.

Bobby Acord, the previous associate administrator of APHIS, is now the agency’s administrator. •