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Leadership

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Jacqueline Ponti-Lazaruk

Acting Deputy Under Secretary

Jacqueline Ponti-Lazaruk is serving as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, and leads Rural Development’s Innovation Center (IC) and oversees regulations development, data analytics, program evaluation and strategic engagement across rural development.
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David Matthews

David Matthews

Director of State Operations

David Matthews is the Director of State Operations for Rural Development at the USDA, where he oversees and manages Rural Development operations across all 50 states and U.S. territories.

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Administrators

State Leadership

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State Director’s play a critical role in helping Rural Development focus on locally driven, community economic development strategies that build on the diverse assets and needs of rural places throughout America. Each state including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is led by an appointed State Director, and in a few cases adjoining states are led by a single State Director.

State Directors