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Ann Veneman | |
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5th Executive Director of UNICEF | |
In office May 1, 2005 – April 30, 2010 | |
Secretary General | Kofi Annan Ban Ki-moon |
Preceded by | Carol Bellamy |
Succeeded by | Anthony Lake |
27th United States Secretary of Agriculture | |
In office January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Dan Glickman |
Succeeded by | Mike Johanns |
7th United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture | |
In office June 27, 1991[1] – January 20, 1993 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Jack Parnell |
Succeeded by | Richard Rominger |
Personal details | |
Born | Ann Margaret Veneman June 29, 1949 Modesto, California, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Parent(s) | John Veneman (father) Nita Bomberger (mother) |
Education | University of California, Davis (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MPP) University of California, Hastings (JD) |
Ann Margaret Veneman (born June 29, 1949) is an American attorney who served as the fifth executive director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. She previously served as the 27th United States secretary of agriculture from 2001 to 2005. Veneman served for the entire first term of President George W. Bush, and she left to take the UNICEF position. Appointed by the U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on January 18, 2005, she took over the post on May 1, 2005.[2] A lawyer, Veneman has practiced law in Washington, DC and California, including being a deputy public defender.[3] She has also served in other high-level positions in both the state and the federal government of the United States, including being appointed secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, serving from 1995 to 1999, as well as United States deputy secretary of agriculture, serving from 1991 to 1993. Throughout her public career, Veneman was the first woman to serve in a number of positions, including secretary of agriculture, deputy secretary of agriculture, and California's secretary of food and agriculture. She was also just the second woman to lead UNICEF, following her predecessor, Carol Bellamy.
Veneman serves as a co-leader of the Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center.[4] She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[5]