USDA Mission Area Civil Rights Information

USDA Mission Area Civil Rights Offices

USDA Mission Area Leadership

Farm Production and Conservation

WILLISA M. DONALD
Director, Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Division
Farm Production and Conservation
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 3116 South Building
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: 202-923-9459
Email: Willisa.Donald@usda.gov

Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

ROBERTO CONTRERAS
Director, Civil Rights
Civil Rights Division, 6th Floor
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 305-2195
Fax: (703) 305-2832
Email: Roberto.Contreras@usda.gov

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

ANGELA KELLY
Director, Civil Rights Staff
Office of the Administrator
FSIS, USDA
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Building 1, Room 2163
Mailstop 5261
Beltsville, MD 20705
Phone: (301) 504-7755
Cell: (301) 202-550-1208
Email: Angela.Kelly@usda.gov

Marketing and Regulatory Programs

REBECCA L. JAWORSKI, Ph.D.
Acting Civil Rights Director Office of the Administrator
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 2420 South Building
Washington, DC 20250 Phone: (202) 253-6218
Email: Rebecca.Jaworski@usda.gov
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

Rural Development

SHARESE C. PAYLOR, Ed.D.
Civil Rights/EEO Director
Rural Development
United States Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Mail Stop 0703
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: 302-678-4259 | Cell: 202.253.5669
Fax: 844-496-7792

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

SOPHIA KIRBY
Acting Director
Office of Civil Rights
USDA-Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
5601 Sunnyside Ave – Unit AP-820
Building 3
Beltsville, MD 20705
Office – (301) 851-4192
Cell – (301) 300-3498
Email: Sophia.L.Kirby@usda.gov

Natural Resources and Environment

MICHOLE WESLEY
Acting National Civil Rights Director,
Office of Civil Rights
Sidney R. Yates Federal Building
201 14th Street SW
Washington, DC 20250-1142
Phone: 202-205-8534
Email: Michole.Wesley@usda.gov

Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

LAUREN GARBA
Acting Civil Rights Director
USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service
Office of Civil Rights
1400 Independence Ave, SW
Room 5915-SB/ Stop 1050
Washington, DC 20250
Email: Lauren.Garba@usda.gov

The Office of the Inspector General

ERIKA MURRAY
Point of Contact for Director, Office of Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 934-0437
Email: Erika.Murray@oig.usda.gov

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - OCFO

DONNA GILBERT
EEO Manager/Civil Rights Director
Civil Rights and Conflict Management Office (CRCMO)
USDA/Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
National Finance Center (NFC)
13800 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, LA 70129
Bldg. #101, 2nd Floor - EB 38
Cellular: (504)655-3556
Email: Donna.Gilbert@usda.gov

Conflict Complaints Division-OASCR

DERRIK ALLEN
Acting Director
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Mail Stop Code 9412
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: 771-215-7975
Email: Derrik.Allen@usda.gov
Email: CCDInfo@usda.gov – formal complaints
Email: CCD_Informal@usda.gov – informal complaints

Research, Education and Economics

Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

CASANDRA BUTLER
Acting Civil Rights Director
Office of Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Mail Stop 9410
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202)720-6161
Email: Casandra.Butler@usda.gov

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

FAHMIDA CHHIPA
Point of Contact for Director, Civil Rights Office
1400 Independence Avenue, SW Room 5023
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 720-7546
Cell: (571) 292-6239
Fax: (202) 720-9013
Email: Fahmida.Chhipa@usda.gov

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

VIDAL B. GRAY
Director, Equal Opportunity & Civil Rights
USDA, National Institute of Food & Agriculture
Phone: 682-216-8784
Email: Vidal.Gray@usda.gov

Economic Research Service (ERS)

MICHELE ESCH
Acting Director, Civil Rights Division
1400 Independence Avenue
South Building, Room 5001
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 934-9418
Email: Michele.Esch@usda.gov