Cindy Long, Acting Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service has been confirmed as the Permanent Administrator.  She has extensive experience with the USDA including Deputy Administrator for the Child and Nutrition Program. This position involved management of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and other initiatives implemented by the Food and Nutrition Service.

Ms. Long earned a BA in economics from the University of Notre Dame and an MPA in public policy and economics from the Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs.