USMEF Briefs FAS Officials
USMEF Briefs FAS Officials
USMEF provided a briefing for two key members of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) staff last week at USMEF’s Denver headquarters.
Michael Michener, FAS administrator, and Christian Foster, deputy administrator for the FAS Office of Trade Programs, received an overview from USMEF President and CEO Philip Seng on USMEF’s mission, history and current marketing activities, as well as an update from senior USMEF staff on current market access issues and the global trade climate for U.S. beef and pork.
Philip Seng meets with FAS officials Christian Foster (left foreground) and Michael Michener
Michener served in three U.S. foreign affairs agencies over the past 10 years before being named to his current position on March 23. Most recently, he served as the senior democracy and governance advisor and lead planning officer for the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization.
Prior to leading the Office of Trade Programs, Foster served in the FAS Office of Capacity Building and Development. He has also headed the FAS Trade and Investment Program Branch, served on a detail with the U.S. Agency for International Development, and was chief of the New Independent States and Baltics Section of the Economic Research Service.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.
USMEF Briefs FAS Officials
USMEF provided a briefing for two key members of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) staff last week at USMEF’s Denver headquarters.
Michael Michener, FAS administrator, and Christian Foster, deputy administrator for the FAS Office of Trade Programs, received an overview from USMEF President and CEO Philip Seng on USMEF’s mission, history and current marketing activities, as well as an update from senior USMEF staff on current market access issues and the global trade climate for U.S. beef and pork.
Philip Seng meets with FAS officials Christian Foster (left foreground) and Michael Michener
Michener served in three U.S. foreign affairs agencies over the past 10 years before being named to his current position on March 23. Most recently, he served as the senior democracy and governance advisor and lead planning officer for the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization.
Prior to leading the Office of Trade Programs, Foster served in the FAS Office of Capacity Building and Development. He has also headed the FAS Trade and Investment Program Branch, served on a detail with the U.S. Agency for International Development, and was chief of the New Independent States and Baltics Section of the Economic Research Service.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.