Jocelyn Brown Hall
Deputy Regional Representative, FAO/RAF
Sessions: Food Security (Day 2 Afternoon)
Deputy Regional Representative, FAO/RAF
Sessions: Food Security (Day 2 Afternoon)
Currently serving as the Deputy Regional Representative for the Regional Office for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ms. Brown Hall oversees the 47 FAO country offices in Africa and guides their strategy and communications around food security, agriculture, climate change, agri-food trade, animal and plant health, among other topics. She also serves as the FAO Representative for Ghana, and works with ministries of agriculture, fisheries, social protection and trade on advancing issues such as healthy school meals, rehabilitating lands contaminated by illegal mining, legal fishing, and digitalization of agriculture data. Finally, she leads partnership and resource mobilization for the entire Africa region, bringing together civil society, international organizations, donors and the private sector to address food security.
In 1998, Ms. Brown Hall joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the Foreign Agricultural Service, where she coordinated USDA’s international development and training programs. She was the lead expert on USDA’s technical relationship with international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, and various international research centers.
In 2015, Ms. Brown Hall was appointed Deputy Administrator in the Foreign Agricultural Service where she led the USDA’s US$2B food and technical assistance programs in low- and middle-income countries. In this position, she oversaw USDA’s international food and technical assistance programs, including the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, the Food for Progress Program, the Cochran and Borlaug Fellowship Programs, and numerous technical assistance projects that promote U.S. government food security and trade capacity building goals.
Ms. Brown Hall graduated magna cum laude in English literature from Harvard University and holds an MBA from George Washington University.
In 1998, Ms. Brown Hall joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the Foreign Agricultural Service, where she coordinated USDA’s international development and training programs. She was the lead expert on USDA’s technical relationship with international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, and various international research centers.
In 2015, Ms. Brown Hall was appointed Deputy Administrator in the Foreign Agricultural Service where she led the USDA’s US$2B food and technical assistance programs in low- and middle-income countries. In this position, she oversaw USDA’s international food and technical assistance programs, including the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, the Food for Progress Program, the Cochran and Borlaug Fellowship Programs, and numerous technical assistance projects that promote U.S. government food security and trade capacity building goals.
Ms. Brown Hall graduated magna cum laude in English literature from Harvard University and holds an MBA from George Washington University.