USDA Mission Area Policy Group

The USDA Mission Area Policy Group serves as the liaison between the USDA Procurement Policy Division (PPD) and the Mission Area acquisition workforce. As partners with PPD, the USDA Mission Area Policy Group: assists to create USDA procurement policies; provides Mission Area perspective, feedback, concerns, questions, etc.; shares local procedures, best practices, and lessons learned; provides a forum for updates on new Executive Orders, regulations, and priorities; serves on the Contracting Policy Advisory Board for the USDA Contracting Desk Book (PGI); and contributes to improving communication between the department and Mission Areas by distributing updates to regulations, guidance, and documents.

USDA Procurement Policy Division (PPD)

Crandall Watson Branch Chief Procurement.policy@usda.gov

• Curt Brown – CPARS, FPDS Verification & Validation, Service Contract Inventory
• Salina Kinard – FPDS Administrator, Address Activity Code (AAC) Administrator
• Genevieve Lucas – Suspension & Debarment, Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI)
• Angela Mitchell – PGI, Training, Process Improvement
• Ismaela (Ella) Ramirez – FAR, AGAR, PGI, Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC) Rep
• Angela Thomas – USDA Acquisition Career Manager (ACM), FAI-CSOD Administrator

Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP)

• Mark Androff – GSA IAE Representative, SAM System Administrator

Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC)

Heidi Atkinson 202-690-4860 heidi.atkinson@usda.gov

Andrew Day andrew.day@usda.gov

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS)

Frank Bennett 703-457-7798 francis.bennett@usda.gov

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

George Baptist 202-604-6767 george.baptist@usda.gov

Madonna Montgomery 301-851-3192 madonna.montgomery@usda.gov

Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP)

Christine Gouger, AMS 816-926-3379 christine.gouger@usda.gov

Norita Thomas, APHIS 301-851-2639 norita.l.thomas@usda.gov

Michael Chiodi, APHIS 612-336-3203 michael.j.chiodi@usda.gov

Natural Resource and Environment (NRE)
- Forest Service -

Al Belin 707-562-9107 alfort.belin@usda.gov

Chantel Smith 202-963-8497 chantel.smith@usda.gov

Pamela Deer 540-798-6561 pamela.deer@usda.gov Branch email: sm.fs.pps_cando@usda.gov

Research, Education and Economics (REE)

Kirsten Pilkerton 301-504-4383 kirsten.pilkerton@usda.gov

Rural Development (RD)

Brian Johnson 202-692-0011 briank.johnson@usda.gov

Departmental Administration & Staff Offices (DASO)

Brinder Billups 202-720-8946 brinder.billups@usda.gov