
Liz Gariepy
Acting State Director for Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
Liz Gariepy serves as Acting State Director for USDA Rural Development (RD) Southern New England (SNE). SNE comprises Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and is headquartered in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Liz began her career with USDA in 2005 while working as Human Resources Manager supporting the SNE tri-state region, before going on to oversee the agency’s 13-state Northeast Regions Human Resources operations.
In 2017, she returned to SNE as Administrative Programs Director to direct the agency’s business operations, before taking on her current role as Deputy State Director supporting the agency’s overall strategic mission and operations.
Prior to her tenure with RD, Liz held Human Resources, Marketing, and Advertising roles in the private sector. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and a minor in Psychology.