November 15, 2017
USDA
Rural Development Announces Senior Executive Leadership Changes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2017 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural
Development Anne Hazlett today announced the following changes in Senior
Executive Service leadership roles at USDA Rural Development:
- Joyce Allen is
now the Deputy Administrator for Multi-Family Housing Programs in the
Rural Housing Service. Since 2011, Allen has managed USDA Rural
Development’s Single Family Housing Programs. Prior to that role, Allen
spent more than 20 years working in affordable multi-family housing both
at USDA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
- Cathy Glover is
now detailed as Deputy Administrator for Single Family Housing Programs in
the Rural Housing Service. Glover has nearly 30 years of affordable
housing experience. She started her career with USDA in 1988 and has
worked at the local, State and National Office levels of Rural
Development. She also spent two years with HUD, working in the
Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Home Mortgage Insurance Division.
- Bryan Hooper is
now the Deputy Administrator for Business Programs in the Rural
Business-Cooperative Service. Hooper brings 11 years of leadership in
managing federal commercial loan programs to his new role, including 5
years as the head of Credit Risk Management at the Small Business
Administration (SBA).
- Claudette
Fernandez is now Assistant Administrator for Water and Environmental
programs in the Rural Utilities Service. Fernandez brings 15 years of
community development experience to her new role. She has held various
leadership positions within USDA Rural Development’s Rural
Business-Cooperative Service since 2014. Prior to USDA, she served as
senior program manager for more than 10 years at the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
These program leadership changes are effective immediately. USDA
Rural Development encourages partners and stakeholder groups to reach out to
these leaders in their new roles to build on existing partnerships and create
new ones.
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