Washington, D.C.

On March 26, Public Affairs Specialist Jesus Garcia of the Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education hosted an information table at the D.C. Rotary Foundation Career Fair at held at Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts. He spoke about public affairs careers available in the federal government, plus numerous STEM careers available in food safety inspection. More than 200 students dropped by and walked away with food safety brochures and promotional items.

 
Pictured above: Public Affairs Specialist Jesus Garcia speaks with a student at the Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts.

Photo by D.C. Rotary Club Officer Marilyn Nevy Cruz.

Pine Bluff, Ark.

On March 6, Springdale District Resource Management Specialist Cyndi Youngman and Consumer Safety Inspector (CSI) Earlene Holland shared information with University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff students about working at USDA. The FSIS employees participated in the university’s Spring Career Fair, showing students how navigate the USAJOBS website and apply for openings. Over 50 students—most graduating this spring—received information about our agency.

   
Pictured, from left: Resource Management Specialist Cyndi Youngman and CSI Earlene Holland.

Photo by University of Arkansas employee.

New York City, N.Y.

From Feb. 27 to 29, Philadelphia District Deputy District Manager (DDM) Dr. Chelsea Buckley visited the city’s four circuits. She toured the establishments alongside consumer safety inspectors (CSI), frontline supervisors (FLS) and plant management. Dr. Buckley presented achievement awards to employees and attended work unit meetings where they were able to participate in the February Employee Town Hall with agency leadership. 

 
Pictured above, front row, from left: CSIs Angel Gallegos, Pingping Lin; FLS Marilu Simeone; CSIs Bessie Bouras, Aida Custodio, Biswa Mitra, Manases Suazo, Nicholas Sgobba, Jack Saladino, James Franzakis; DDM Dr. Chelsea Buckley; FLS Lauren Entes.

Back row, from left: CSIs Marianna Dergalo, Herold Pierre, Merwyn Wang, Daniel Strauss, Jessica Lewis, Eric Sasu, Mobeen Sohail, Wai Or, Crystal Chan, Harish Kannikkanari, Farrah Lee, Keith Stahl, Aung Soe, Loriann Sapinsky, Vincent Ting.

Photo by an establishment employee.

 
Pictured above: The employees in a joint work unit meeting, participating in the February Employee Town Hall with agency leadership.

Photo by FLS Marilu Simeone.

 
Pictured above: front row (kneeling): CSI Gabrielle Gordon.

Standing, from left: CSIs Jared Halman, Vladimir Lyba, ABM Pathan, Karl Ekstrand, Michael Carns, John Parisi; DDM Dr. Chelsea Buckley; CSIs Patricia Soares, Veronica Collins, Imtiaz Ali, Elizmarie Santiago, Gabriel Schenk, Danilo Go-Pinas, Carlos Luz; FLS Salah Ibrahim; CSIs Penghui Zhen, Roland Ebegbe.

Not Pictured: CSIs Jamal Burke and Jun Xia.

Photo by FLS Jaspreet Gill.

 
Pictured above: CSI ABM Pathan (left) receives an achievement award from DDM Dr. Chelsea Buckley.

Photo by FLS Jaspreet Gill.

 
Pictured above: CSI Karl Ekstrand (left) is presented with an achievement award by DDM Dr. Chelsea Buckley.

Photo by FLS Jaspreet Gill.

Columbus, Ohio

On Feb. 23, Office of Field Operations Deputy Assistant Administrator Dr. Hany Sidrak spoke at the Midwest Veterinary Conference and participated in an open forum concerning veterinarians in government. He also visited the FSIS exhibit booth, where Frontline Supervisor Dr. Michael Chiu was providing food safety information and answering questions about careers with FSIS.

 
Pictured, from left: Dr. Sidrak and Dr. Chiu.

Photo by Deputy Chief of Staff Dr. Jenifer Tolan.