USDA Announces New Budget Director

Agriculture Sonny Secretary Perdue announced Erica Navarro will serve as Director of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. OBPA administers the Department's budgetary functions and develops and presents budget-related matters. The Director is responsible for providing leadership in carrying out department-wide responsibilities in policy analysis, program review, budget, legislative and regulatory functions. In the announcement made Tuesday, Perdue said he is confident Navarro will help USDA meet its priority “to be the most effective, most efficient, and best-managed department in the entire federal government.” Navarro previously served as the Budget Director for the U.S. Department of Education. Before that, she served as Budget Director for the U.S. General Services Administration and Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator and Senior Advisor for the Africa Bureau at the U.S. Agency for International Development.