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Ann Veneman has a distinguished career in public service, serving as the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 2005 to 2010 and as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2001 to 2005. She also served as Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture from 1995 to 1999. From 1986 to 1993, she served in various positions in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), including Deputy Secretary, Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs, and Associate Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service. Ann currently serves on the boards of directors for Nestlé S.A., Full Harvest, the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and the Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society. She has served as a fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health and the U.C. Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy. Ann has also practiced law in Washington, DC and California in both the private and public sectors. Ms. Veneman holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Davis, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.