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Kitty Smith
Administrator
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Room N4145
1800 M Street NW
Washington, DC
20036-5831
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ksmith@ers.usda.gov
phone: (202) 694-5000
fax: (202) 694-5757
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Briefly
Kitty Smith is the Administrator of ERS. In this position she provides leadership and guidance on the research agenda, coordinates with agencies and institutions within and outside USDA, and contributes to USDA's science mission. As a researcher and research manager, Kitty's principal areas of expertise have been policy analysis, particularly agricultural and resource policy integration, and the relationships among agricultural production and environmental quality. Her work is published in several books and a range of scholarly journals, USDA reports, and numerous popular outlets. Kitty is a Fellow of the American Applied Economics Association. As a research administrator, she was awarded the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executives in 2001. Since January 2009, Kitty has been USDA Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, and she anticipates returning to ERS in summer 2009. Background
Kitty has 27 years of experience with ERS. Previous positions held within the agency include Director of the Market and Trade Economics Division, and Director of the Resource Economics Division. From 1993 to 1996, Kitty was Policy Studies Program Director for the Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. From 1989 to 1991, Kitty was a Senior Fellow with the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy at Resources for the Future. Education
Kitty received a Ph.D. and an M.S. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of Maryland, where she also earned a B.S. with emphasis in the biological sciences. Some Recently Presented Papers and Articles Smith, Katherine. "Policy-Relevant Science for Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources," Elton R. Smith Lecture, Michigan State University, March 26, 2009. Smith, Katherine R. "Public Payments for Environmental Services from Agriculture: Precedents and Possibilities," American Journal of Agricultural Econonics, Vol. 88, No. 5, pp. 1167-73. Smith, Katherine and Marca Weinberg. “Measuring the Success of Conservation Programs,” Amber Waves, Vol. 2, Issue 4, September 2004, pp.14-21. Smith, Katherine R. “U.S. Agricultural Policy in 2004: Ripe for Reform, Repackaging, or Routine?”
Paper prepared for presentation during the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) conference, Philadelphia, June 2004. Smith, Katherine R. “The Growing Prevalence of Emergency, Disaster, and Other Ad Hoc Farm Program Payments: Implications for Agri-Environmental and
Conservation Programs,” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2004, pp. 1-7. Smith, Katherine R. “Does Off-Farm Work Hinder ‘Smart Farming’?” Agricultural Outlook, September 2002, pp. 28-30. Smith, Katherine R. “Retooling Farm Policy,” Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 17, Summer 2001, pp. 70-76.
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