Venus Welch-White serves as the Senior Advisor to the Administrator’s Agriculture Advisor (Rod Snyder) as well as the Designated Federal Officer for EPA’s Farm, Ranch and Rural Federal Advisory Committee. She joined EPA in November of 2020 as the Senior Policy Advisory in OLEM’s Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division and supported initiatives, policy and programs across the division including Anaerobic Digester Grants and RCRA’S voluntary partnership programs. Prior to joining EPA, she served as the National Rural Energy Program Coordinator in USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service where she conducted stakeholder engagement, outreach, technical reviews, business strategy and development, policy support, and facilitated collaborations with internal and external partners in agriculture, renewable energy, biofuels, economic development, and financial institutions. Venus began her federal career as a 2014 Presidential Management-STEM Fellow and as part of the of her PMF program she completed detail assignments in in USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist, supporting climate smart ag and forestry initiatives as well as in the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, where she analyzed policy and budget legislation for EPA, developed congressional reports, and supported implementation of executive orders and administrative initiatives of across federal agencies. Venus has received honors such as the USDA Shining Star award and named Energy News Network 40 under 40. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology, a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Integrative Biosciences from Tuskegee University in Alabama.