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Small Business Specialists

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU) Specialists in Key USDA Agencies

Madonna Montgomery
Food Safety and Inspection Service
madonna.montgomery@usda.gov

Sheryl Welch
Farm Production and Conservation
Telephone: (816) 926-6108
sheryl.welch@usda.gov
(also services NRCS, FSA and RMA)

Jessica N. Hadley
Agricultural Research Service
Telephone: (301) 504-4300
jessica.hadley@usda.gov

Desiree Clayton
Office of Inspector General
Telephone: (202) 720-5931
desiree.clayton@usda.gov

Milbert Crossland
Rural Development
Telephone: (202) 690-0113
milbert.crossland@usda.gov

Giorgio Ra’Shadd
Food and Nutrition Service
sm.fns.smallbusiness@usda.gov

Danielle Knipper
Departmental Administration
Telephone: (970) 295-5362
danielle.knipper@usda.gov

Ashley Thompson
Forest Service
Telephone: (703) 605-4594
sm.fs.smallbusiness@usda.gov

Michael J. Chiodi
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service
Telephone: (612) 336-3203
michael.j.chiodi@usda.gov

Laurence Gill
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Telephone: (202) 505-0270
laurence.gill@usda.gov

Food Commodity Purchases Only

Andrea Lang
Agricultural Marketing Service
Telephone: (202) 720-4237
andrea.lang@usda.gov

 

Diana Dau David
Agricultural Marketing Service
Telephone: (202) 378-1075
diana.dau@usda.gov

 

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Staff

Contact Email Telephone
George Sears, Director george.sears@usda.gov (202) 690-1164
Michelle Warren, Deputy Director michelle.warren@usda.gov (202) 720-7835
Jacquelyn Davis-Slay, Senior Program Analyst jacquelyn.davis-slay@usda.gov (202) 720-2032
Roxanne Lane, Program Analyst roxanne.lane@usda.gov (202) 720-6058
Janet Baylor, Program Analyst janet.baylor@usda.gov (202) 720-6259
LaVerne Walker, Program Analyst laverne.walker@usda.gov (202) 720-9838
Daniel Lewis, AbilityOne Representative daniel.lewis@usda.gov (202) 690-3837

Michael Baltzgar
Procurement Center Representative
U.S. Small Business Administration
Telephone: (202) 821-8180
michael.baltzgar@sba.gov

Mailing Address:

Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Telephone: (202) 720-7117
OSDBU Web site: www.usda.gov/da/osdbu