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	Joseph W. Glauber Chief Economist

	Joseph Glauber serves as Chief Economist at the Department of Agriculture (USDA). As Chief Economist, he is responsible for the Department's agricultural forecasts and projections and for advising the Secretary of Agriculture on economic implications of alternative programs, regulations, and legislative proposals. He is responsible for the Office of the Chief Economist, the World Agricultural Outlook Board, the Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit analysis, the Global Change Program Office, and the Office of Energy Policy and New Uses.
	From 1992 to 2007, Dr. Glauber served as Deputy Chief Economist at the USDA. In 2007 he was named the Special Doha Agricultural Envoy at the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and continues to serve as chief agricultural negotiator in the Doha talks. In addition to his work in the Doha negotiations, he served as economic adviser at the so-called Blair House agreements leading to the completion of the Uruguay Round negotiations. He is the author of numerous studies on crop insurance, disaster policy and U.S. farm policy. He has also served as senior staff economist for agriculture, natural resources and trade at the President's Council of Economic Advisers and as an economist at the Economic Research Service, USDA. Dr. Glauber received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1984 and holds an AB in anthropology from the University of Chicago.

	James Hrubovcak Deputy Chief Economist

	Chief Economist Joseph Glauber announced the selection of Dr. James Hrubovcak as USDA Deputy Chief Economist on January 18, 2009. As Deputy Chief Economist, Hrubovcak is responsible for assisting the Chief Economist in developing and maintaining a comprehensive system of analysis that integrates economic policy analysis with complex domestic and foreign agricultural and rural issues arising within the Department. In addition to those duties, he monitors issues related to agricultural labor and immigration reform.
	Hrubovcak started working for USDA in 1980 at the Economic Research Service where he conducted and led research efforts on various topics including agricultural policy, tax policy, the role of investment in agriculture, energy policy including biofuels, agricultural sustainability, and natural resource policy including role of environmental and natural resource accounting. In 1999 he took a position with Office of the Chief Economist where he was the senior economist in USDA’s Global Change Program Office where he negotiated land use and land use change issues under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and co-chaired the US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture. In 2004 he became USDA’s Agricultural Affairs Coordinator where he was responsible for coordinating the Department’s position in the area of immigration reform. Hrubovcak received a Ph.D. in economics from the George Washington University in 1995 and received Bachelors and a Masters Degrees from the Pennsylvania State University in 1978 and 1980.

	Gerald A. Bange Chairperson World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB)

	As Chairperson of the World Board, Gerald Bange is responsible for the monthly forecasts of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report and also oversees the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility.
	Dr. Bange joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1971 as an agricultural marketing specialist for the Agricultural Research Service. In 1975, he transferred to the Foreign Agricultural Service as an agricultural economist where, in 1981, he became Director of the Foreign Production Estimates Division and, in January 1983, he was appointed Deputy Assistant Administrator for International Agricultural Statistics. In October 1983, he transferred to the World Agricultural Outlook Board where he served as Deputy Chairperson until March 1994 at which time he was appointed to his present position as Chairperson of the Board. Dr. Bange has received numerous awards including the Department's Superior Service Award and is a two-time recipient of the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive. He majored in agricultural economics at the University of Maryland where he earned a B.S. in 1966, M.S. in 1969, and Ph.D. in 1975. Dr. Bange also serves as Program Chairperson for USDA’s largest annual meeting, the Agricultural Outlook Forum, which has been hosted by USDA since 1923. Taking part in today’s Forum are eminent leaders in agriculture. Among the renowned speakers every year are farmers, ranchers, economists, professors, statisticians, consultants, industry leaders, and government policymakers. The role of the Forum is to provide leadership by bringing together the agricultural community to discuss policy, science, rural development and the economic outlook for the coming year. The Forum puts the spotlight on the latest scientific research; new products; the changing dynamics of rural America; and global aspects of trade, health issues, and the economy

	Raymond P. Motha USDA Chief Meteorologist

	Raymond P. Motha is Chief Meteorologist of the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. Dr. Motha advises the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief Economist on climate and weather activities, and, serves as

	the focal point in the Department for impact assessments issued by the World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB). Dr. Motha was also a member of the U.S. National Drought Policy Commission, advising the Secretary of Agriculture who chaired the Commission, and assisting in developing national drought policy. Dr. Motha has been affiliated with USDA for over 26 years, first as an agricultural weather analyst, then as supervisor of the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF) before assuming his current position. Dr. Motha spent 2 years at the University of Missouri and 3 years at the University of Nebraska in teaching and research in agricultural meteorology. He received his M.S. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Chicago in 1971 and his Ph.D. in agricultural meteorology from the University of Nebraska in 1978. Dr. Motha has also served two terms as President of the World Meteorological Organization's Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) since 1999. Dr. Motha has served on numerous working groups of the WMO since the mid-1980's. Dr. Motha successfully guided the CAgM’s first reorganization of its working structure in 50 years into Open Programme Area Groups (OPAGs) in 2002. In this role, Dr. Motha has guided scientific expert teams and organized training seminars and international workshops.


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