Farrah Barrios is Director for Global Food Security and Development Planning, National Security Council, The White House. Prior to this role, she was the Staff Chief in the Office of Budget and Program Analysis at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Prior to joining USDA, she was a political appointee in the Obama Administration and served four years as a Senior Budget Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Office of the Administrator. At both USDA and USAID, she was responsible for agency-wide budget execution, budget formulation for all programs in Europe and Asia, and budget policy issues with regard to all programs in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. She works on key development initiatives such as global food security and climate change. Farrah is a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, The Wharton School, Johns Hopkins University, and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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