Dr. Basil Gooden
Under Secretary for Rural Development
Lillian Salerno
Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development
Roger Glendenning
Chief Operating Officer
Deidre Deculus Robert
Director of State Office Operations
State Leadership
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.