Constance C. Jackson became Associate Administrator of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service on Feb. 5, 2007.  As FAS associate administrator, Jackson is instrumental in helping the agency manage its market development programs and support U.S. agriculture in both the negotiations of new trade agreements and their enforcement after they go into effect.  

Jackson has a diverse background in international trade, agricultural policy and economic analysis. Since 2000, she has been the vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s Department of Agricultural Ecology. In addition, she served as the organization’s trade specialist guiding international study programs, and coordinated multilateral, bilateral and regional trade activities.

Jackson previously directed regulatory affairs for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, and worked in the Agriculture Extension Office at Ohio State University. In 1992, she earned a master’s of science degree in agricultural economics from Ohio State University.

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