Ms. C. Natalie Lui Duncan
C. Natalie Lui Duncan, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, serves as the Deputy Assistant Administrator in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) Office of Management (OM). In collaboration with the Assistant Administrator, she is responsible for overseeing OM’s delivery of a full range of services in support of the Agency’s approximately 10,000 employees across, 6,900+ meat and poultry establishments, 10 district offices, 3 laboratories, and 12 program areas, including acquisition, human resources, real property management, fleet management, personnel suitability, safety, physical security, information management services, emergency management, and food defense. Ms. Duncan’s role supports FSIS Strategic Goal 3: Achieve Operational Excellence.
Ms. Duncan’s career over two decades has spanned across four Cabinet-level Federal agencies and multiple industry sectors.
Previously, Ms. Duncan served as the Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and as the Agency’s Acting Chief Human Capital Officer. In support of the 2017 Presidential transition, she served as the National Ombudsman and Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Enforcement Fairness (Acting) and as the Deputy National Ombudsman at SBA.
Upon joining USDA, Ms. Duncan served as the Executive Director, Executive Resources Management Division, Office of Human Resources Management. Previously, she served as a Department of Defense (DoD) Highly Qualified Expert and as the Special Assistant to the 4-Star Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, representing him on manpower and personnel matters at the Pentagon. Before her service with DoD, Ms. Duncan served in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as Senior Advisor to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Prior to her public service, Ms. Duncan served in the Silicon Valley technology industry in progressively more senior global strategy, operations, and human capital management positions with both start-ups and established companies and served as a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies.
She serves on the Board of Directors of the Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Region. She formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Senior Executives Association Professional Development League and the Board of Visitors of the National Defense University — the Nation’s preeminent institution for Joint Professional Military Education.
Ms. Duncan was awarded two degrees by Stanford University, including a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology - Organizational Studies and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. She is a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) in Human Resource Management.