Becky Rasdall Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Responsible for U.S. trade policy of processed food and feed exports, including but not limited to, providing policy analyses of regulations and appropriately identifying trade problems that are inconsistent with SPS, TBT and other WTO obligations; responsible for writing U.S. comments and official letters to foreign governments, building training and capacity-building programs, and convening and leading negotiations in response to barriers to trade; represent the Foreign Agricultural Service as necessary in negotiations regarding trade policy matters with foreign government representatives, with a focus on the negotiation of regulation implementation procedures in China and South America; regularly provide consultations for senior officials on international policy matters related to food and feed product trade; lead interagency agricultural trade policy efforts with other governmental agencies, including the U.S. Office of Trade Representative and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; serve as primary point of contact for industry associations and the Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee and respond to exporter requests for assistance.

Omaha, Ne

Responsible for corporate import and export policy, such as leading corporate strategies for the import provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act or other significant regulatory programs; lead internal international regulatory strategy, including developing and implementing new policies, strategies, procedures, and regulatory guidance documents as necessary; serve as primary corporate advisor on Codex Alimentarius Commission activities and participate as appropriate in international standard drafting and approval; responsible for oversight of all corporate international regulatory concerns, including international label development, product compliance assessments, and export certification and documentation; serve as corporate representative on several industry trade association committees, providing member services feedback and attend committee meetings regularly; supervise consultants’ and indirect reports’ work, evaluate performance, and manage contracts/payments.

Omaha, Ne

Oversee company's retail-branded products' technical export documentation; manage and lead cross-functional task force to troubleshoot and improve corporate export process; conduct international product compliance assessments; company representative for two international committees at major industry trade associations; charged with liaising regularly with USDA on export, trade, and international regulatory issues facing the company; charged with liaising with joint ventures internationally; monitor and comment on strategic international regulations as applicable to company's international business.

Responsible for regulatory concerns with grocery and refrigerated brands; focus on international regulations, trade, and export/import issues; track and communicate regulatory issues to senior company executives; answer compliance-related questions; represent company on international committees for two industry trade associations; research and write newsletters on current and emerging scientific and regulatory issues.

Washington, D.C.

Responsible for attending and reporting on legislative and regulatory hearings pertinent to food industry; overseeing deadlines for department staff; research, edit and write publications and articles; assisting with development of communications programs for major international corporations; organizing and presenting at quarterly committee meetings, workshops and forums; monitoring and analyzing daily media; manager of web content; charged with development of new workshops/seminars/content.

Served as primary point of contact in office for constituents via telephone, walk-in visits, and postal mail; drafted constituent correspondence, Congressional Records, speeches for events; assisted with legislative research; managed intern program development: recruited, hired, trained, and supervised 12-16 interns throughout term of employment; liaised daily with various federal government agencies (e.g. White House, Library of Congress).

Graduate Coursework (Certificate Pending)

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