Jerome Lindsay is the associate administrator for regional operations with the Food and Nutrition Service.

From September 2002 until his selection to this position Lindsay served as regional administrator for FNS’s Southwest Region, based in Dallas. From 1999-2002 he was deputy director for field operations in the Child Support Division of the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, focusing on locating absent parents, establishing paternity, and enforcing child support obligations. During his tenure, child support collections increased from $788 million to $1.4 billion.

Lindsay served as the deputy commissioner for regional operations in the Texas Department of Human Services, based in Austin, from 1993-99.

Ruthie Jackson, the previous associate administrator for regional operations in FNS, is now director of the Office of Human Resources Management. •