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Chief Administrative Law Judge

October 07, 2024

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue appointed him Chief Judge on October 17, 2018. He conducts rulemaking and adjudicatory hearings throughout the country in proceedings subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq., under approximately fifty statutes administered by USDA agencies that require APA hearings.

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Assistant Director of Administration, USDA Office of Hearings and Appeals

October 07, 2024

Prior to joining the OHA team, he was the Director of Security for the Secretary of the Navy.  Preceding this position, Mr. Hunt was the Resource and Program Manager in Headquarters, Navy Public Affairs at the Pentagon. 

Deputy Director, USDA Office of Hearings and Appeals

October 07, 2024

She has held several positions related to adjudicating administrative appeals.  Since 2019, Mrs. Nicholson has been the Deputy Director of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, primarily responsible for overseeing the operations of NAD’s regional offices and the issuance of Director Review Determinations. Mrs. Nicholson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University and her law degree from Creighton University.  She completed judicial clerkships with the Circuit Court of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. 

Director, USDA Office of Hearings and Appeals

October 07, 2024

Mr. Wood is a native of the Atlanta, Georgia area. He graduated Cum Laude from LaGrange College in 1981 and from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1985.Mr. Wood served in the United States Air Force as a Judge Advocate for five years and remained in the Reserves and/or Air National Guard until he retired with the rank of Colonel in December of 2015. As a reserve Air Force officer, Mr. Wood deployed to Baghdad, Iraq and Islamabad, Pakistan.

Frank M. Wood, Director, USDA Office of Hearings and Appeals

OCS, Deputy Director

October 07, 2024

In this role, he provides a wide range of administrative and budget leadership for the Office and supervises/mentors fellows. Dr. Derksen supports the Chief Scientist in leading collaboration activities for science programs that support scientific excellence, innovation, and capacity to achieve USDA’s mission. He provides direction and leadership on a wide range of issues affecting programs in agricultural research, education, and economics.

Director, Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)

October 07, 2024

In this role, she leads OCS in delivering science and research that undergirds the policies and practices of USDA and its customers and stakeholders. Additionally, she steers collaboration activities for USDA science programs that support scientific excellence, innovation, and capacity to achieve the Department’s mission. Prior to this role, Dr. Chester was with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) were she served as the Division Director for the Division of Nutrition.

Bioeconomy Coordinator

October 07, 2024

For most of his prior 15 years in USDA, Rick was engaged directly in our nation’s bioeconomy through the U.S. Forest Service: first on the ground in forest management on the National Forests, and later in forest policy and regulation for USDA leadership and on assignment to the US Senate Committee on Agriculture. For the rest of those years Rick worked in senior management with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service in agricultural trade capacity-building. Rick holds a B.S. in Conservation & Resource Studies from U.C. Berkeley and a Master’s in Forest Science from Yale.

Climate Adaptation Coordinator (Detailee)

October 07, 2024

She works with colleagues across USDA to integrate climate adaptation into their planning, programs, and operations to ensure USDA is equipped to serve and support its stakeholders in a changing climate.

National Finance Center Deputy Director

October 04, 2024

Ms. Dyer is responsible for all day-to-day operations, which includes payroll and HR processing, technology services, budget, procurement, Continuity of Operations (COOP), audit, facilities management, and administrative services. She provides leadership and direction to over 500 employees that provide services to over 600,000 Federal employees, representing over 175 Federal organizations.

Deputy Chief Financial Officer

October 04, 2024

She has responsibility for the National Finance Center (NFC) which is a Center of Excellence and a Human Resources Center of Excellence for the Federal Government. Ms. Moaney serves as the comptroller for the USDA Working Capital Fund (WCF) and Shared Cost programs (SCPs) which includes formulating the $1B WCF budget and $33M SCP budget annually.

Lynn Moaney