Watson New APHIS Administrator; Furukawa Joins AMS
USDA promoted Michael Watson to administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the agency said in a news release Dec. 20. Watson had been associate administrator since 2018, and served as acting administrator on “several occasions,” USDA said.…
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The agency also named Georgette Furukawa chief of staff for the Agricultural Marketing Service. Furukawa previously was an adviser to the White House chief of staff's Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander team.