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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Secretary General</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kofi_Annan" title="Kofi Annan">Kofi Annan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Bellamy" title="Carol Bellamy">Carol Bellamy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lake" title="Anthony Lake">Anthony Lake</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">27th <a 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Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Glickman" title="Dan Glickman">Dan Glickman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">Mike Johanns</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">7th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture">United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 27, 1991<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – January 20, 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Parnell_(politician)" title="Jack Parnell (politician)">Jack Parnell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rominger" title="Richard Rominger">Richard Rominger</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ann Margaret Veneman</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-06-29</span>) </span>June 29, 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Modesto,_California" title="Modesto, California">Modesto</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Veneman" title="John Veneman">John Veneman</a> (father)<br />Nita Bomberger (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Davis" title="University of California, Davis">University of California, Davis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Policy" title="Master of Public Policy">MPP</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Hastings" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California, Hastings">University of California, Hastings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ann Margaret Veneman</b> (born June 29, 1949) is an American attorney who served as the fifth executive director of <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> from 2005 to 2010. She previously served as the 27th <a href="/wiki/United_States_secretary_of_agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="United States secretary of agriculture">United States secretary of agriculture</a> from 2001 to 2005. Veneman served for the entire first term of President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, and she left to take the UNICEF position. Appointed by the U.N. Secretary-General <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Annan" title="Kofi Annan">Kofi Annan</a> on January 18, 2005, she took over the post on May 1, 2005, serving until 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously, she also served as secretary of the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Food_and_Agriculture" title="California Department of Food and Agriculture">California Department of Food and Agriculture</a>, serving from 1995 to 1999, as well as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture">United States deputy secretary of agriculture</a>, serving from 1991 to 1993. Veneman was the first woman to serve as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">Secretary of Agriculture</a> and the second woman to lead UNICEF, following her predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Bellamy" title="Carol Bellamy">Carol Bellamy</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Veneman was raised on a peach farm in <a href="/wiki/Modesto,_California" title="Modesto, California">Modesto, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father, <a href="/wiki/John_Veneman" title="John Veneman">John Veneman</a>, was former undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare and member of the California State Assembly. She earned her bachelor's degree in political science from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Davis" title="University of California, Davis">University of California, Davis</a>, a Master of Public Policy from the <a href="/wiki/Richard_%26_Rhoda_Goldman_School_of_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy">Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Hastings_College_of_the_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California, Hastings College of the Law">University of California, Hastings College of the Law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has also been awarded honorary doctoral degrees from <a href="/wiki/California_Polytechnic_State_University" class="mw-redirect" title="California Polytechnic State University">California Polytechnic State University</a>, San Luis Obispo (2001); <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_University_(Missouri)" title="Lincoln University (Missouri)">Lincoln University (Missouri)</a> (2003); <a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_University" title="Delaware State University">Delaware State University</a> (2004) and <a href="/wiki/Middlebury_College" title="Middlebury College">Middlebury College</a> (2006). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal,_political_and_corporate_career"><span id="Legal.2C_political_and_corporate_career"></span>Legal, political and corporate career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legal, political and corporate career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Veneman began her legal career as a staff attorney with the General Counsel's office of the <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Bay Area Rapid Transit">Bay Area Rapid Transit</a> District in Oakland, California, in 1976. In 1978, she returned to Modesto, where she served as a Deputy Public Defender. In 1980, she joined the Modesto law firm of Damrell, Damrell and Nelson, where she was an associate and later a partner.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Veneman joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture">United States Department of Agriculture</a>'s Foreign Agricultural Service in 1986, serving as Associate Administrator until 1989. During this time she worked on the Uruguay Round talks for the <a href="/wiki/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade" title="General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade">General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade</a> (GATT). She subsequently served as Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs from 1989 to 2020. From 1991 to 1993, she served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture">United States Department of Agriculture</a>'s Deputy Secretary, the first woman appointed as the Department's second-highest-ranking official. At this point Veneman took a break from political and administrative office to practice with the law firm and lobby group <a href="/wiki/Patton_Boggs" class="mw-redirect" title="Patton Boggs">Patton, Boggs & Blow</a> and also served on several boards of directors and advisory groups. </p><p>In 1995, Veneman re-entered government, when she was appointed Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Food_and_Agriculture" title="California Department of Food and Agriculture">California Department of Food and Agriculture</a>, again being the first woman to hold the position. From 1999 to 2001, Veneman was an attorney with Nossaman LLP, where she focused her attention on food, agriculture, environment, technology, and trade related issues. On 20 January 2001 she was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">Secretary of Agriculture</a>, a position she held until January 20, 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A lawyer, Veneman has practiced law in Washington, DC and California, including being a deputy public defender. </p><p>In 2002, Veneman was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a> and received successful treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Veneman is also a second cousin of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> creator <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Veneman signed an amicus brief asking the United States Supreme Court to nationally recognize same-sex marriage.[1] </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Record_as_Secretary_of_Agriculture">Record as Secretary of Agriculture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Record as Secretary of Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the 27th Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Agriculture">U.S. Department of Agriculture</a> (<a href="/wiki/USDA" class="mw-redirect" title="USDA">USDA</a>), Veneman managed a department of 111,000 employees. Sworn in as the first female Secretary of <a href="/wiki/USDA" class="mw-redirect" title="USDA">USDA</a> on January 20, 2001, her tenure included record farm income, record agricultural exports and the creation of stronger pest and disease protection systems for the country.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harkin" title="Tom Harkin">Tom Harkin</a> said at Veneman's confirmation hearing, "I was encouraged by the nomination of Ann Veneman to serve as Secretary of Agriculture. …She has solid experience and credentials in administering food and agriculture programs both here in Washington, rising to Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, and in her home state of California, where she served as Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BluePrint_for_Agriculture">BluePrint for Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: BluePrint for Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To help lead USDA into the 21st century, in 2001 Veneman released a blueprint for agriculture, <i>Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "This publication outlines emerging trends in agriculture, with a focus on farm-sector policy, trade expansion, infrastructure enhancement, conservation and the environment, rural communities, nutrition and food assistance, and USDA program integration."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protection_of_Agriculture_and_the_Food_Supply">Protection of Agriculture and the Food Supply</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Protection of Agriculture and the Food Supply"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within weeks after taking office, Veneman confronted the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/Foot_and_mouth" class="mw-redirect" title="Foot and mouth">foot and mouth</a> disease in Europe, prompting stronger sanitary and phytosanitary measures. After the <a href="/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11, 2001 attacks">September 11, 2001 attacks</a>, additional protections were implemented. She also provided strong leadership in protecting public health and animal health during outbreaks of <a href="/wiki/Avian_influenza" title="Avian influenza">avian influenza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Exotic_Newcastle_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Exotic Newcastle disease">exotic Newcastle disease</a> in poultry, both of which were quickly eradicated. <a href="/wiki/USDA" class="mw-redirect" title="USDA">USDA</a> also confronted various food safety recalls, prompting Veneman to take several actions to strengthen USDA's regulatory oversight and protections. </p><p>On December 23, 2003, Veneman announced the discovery of a single cow with <a href="/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy" title="Bovine spongiform encephalopathy">Bovine spongiform encephalopathy</a> (BSE), or mad cow disease, in Washington State. This would be the very first incident of mad cow disease in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cow was determined to be of Canadian origin. After taking initial steps in response, one week later, on December 30, 2003, Veneman announced additional protective measures to be put into place. [4] These included a ban on "downer," or nonambulatory cattle, from the human food supply; additional food-safety measures in the processing of beef and related products; and an acceleration of "the development of the technology architecture" for a national system to track and identify livestock. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/.d/2/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2003%2F12%2F0449.html&PC_7_2_5JM_parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&PC_7_2_5JM_navid=NEWS_RELEASE#7_2_5JM">[1]</a> </p><p>BSE proved to be a complex issue on the international-trade front. U.S. trading partners made sometimes-conflicting demands on the United States, while public-interest, consumer and farm groups called for differing protection measures and responses. </p><p>Japan, the leading U.S. beef-export market, had been demanding 100 percent testing of all cattle for export, a position it has since altered. </p><p>Public-interest groups also called for the closing of loopholes in the so-called "animal-feed ban," which prevented the feeding of ruminant products back to ruminants, which had been discovered as a key-pathway for BSE transmission. The feed ban falls under the purview of the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Trade">International Trade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: International Trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Veneman, was widely praised for her knowledge and leadership in advancing international trade. "She worked closely with U.S. Trade Representative <a href="/wiki/Robert_Zoellick" title="Robert Zoellick">Robert Zoellick</a>, helping lead to the successful launch of a new round of trade negotiations for the <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">World Trade Organization</a>" in Doha.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She played a key role in helping eliminate trade barriers and expanding opportunities for U.S. farmers through new export markets. U.S. agricultural exports in 2004 rose to a record $62.3 billion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Child_Nutrition_and_Food_Programs">Child Nutrition and Food Programs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Child Nutrition and Food Programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Veneman's tenure, the <a href="/wiki/Food_Stamp_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Food Stamp Program">Food Stamp Program</a> and child nutrition program were reauthorized and funding increased, strengthening the ability of <a href="/wiki/USDA" class="mw-redirect" title="USDA">USDA</a> to provide services to recipients and provide additional accountability to taxpayers. In 2004, Veneman finalized the transition from paper food stamps to electronic debit cards in an effort to reduce fraud and increase availability of these programs to more families in need. Under Veneman, after a comprehensive scientific review, new Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released, which formed the basis for USDA's <a href="/wiki/MyPyramid" title="MyPyramid">MyPyramid</a>. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carol_Tucker-Foreman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carol Tucker-Foreman (page does not exist)">Carol Tucker-Foreman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Federation_of_America" title="Consumer Federation of America">Consumer Federation of America</a> said of Veneman, "Secretary Veneman recognized the increasing problem of obesity in this country and took some steps to begin to address it. Under her direction USDA updated the Dietary Guidelines and is revising the <a href="/wiki/Food_guide_pyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="Food guide pyramid">food guide pyramid</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Secretary, Veneman focused on new approaches to help feed the hungry around the world. To help meet the international goal of reducing global hunger by half by 2015, she organized and hosted in 2003 the Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology, which brought together ministers from 120 nations to California, to discuss how science and technology can reduce hunger and poverty in the developing world. The conference, as well as subsequent regional conferences and follow-up activities, helped recapture the momentum of the <a href="/wiki/World_Food_Summit" title="World Food Summit">World Food Summit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="USDA_Management_and_Programs">USDA Management and Programs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: USDA Management and Programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of several actions to implement the President's Management Agenda (PMA), Veneman began USDA's e-Government Initiative, which made an unprecedented array of programs and services available electronically. In addition, USDA for the first time ever received a clean financial audit, a status the department attained three years in a row. </p><p>Veneman established USDA's 'Leaders of Tomorrow' initiative to support agriculture education and related mentoring.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She increased the number of internships available at USDA, and encouraged young people to seek career opportunities at USDA and across the food and agricultural spectrum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Record_as_UNICEF_Executive_Director">Record as UNICEF Executive Director</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Record as UNICEF Executive Director"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In her tenure as executive director from 2005 to 2010, Veneman like her predecessors, continued to foster a culture of improvement working to strengthen the results-based focus of the organization to most effectively and sustainably achieve the rights of children, in line with the convention on the Rights of the Child. Veneman continued the work of her predecessors to enhance the following: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Child-mother_health">Child-mother health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Child-mother health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Veneman has highlighted the inextricable link between the health of the mother and the health of the child in UNICEF. Along with WHO, the World Bank and UNFPA, UNICEF is accelerating maternal health interventions in the highest burden countries. Nutrition is now widely recognized as integral to both health and food security, with particular attention to children under age two whose cognitive ability will likely be permanently diminished without adequate nourishment in those formative years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malnutrition">Malnutrition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Malnutrition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UNICEF has significantly contributed to accelerating the use of ready-to-use therapeutic foods for treatment of acute malnutrition, with UNICEF purchases of the product increasing from 100 metric tons in 2003 to over 11,000 metric tons in 2008. Vitamin A and zinc supplementation, salt iodization, and flour fortification have all been scaled up and rates of exclusive breastfeeding have improved. UNICEF has strategically invested in nutrition programs when global food prices rose, and its recently released nutrition scorecard report provides data and evidence on the nutritional status of children. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protecting_children">Protecting children</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Protecting children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2007 UNICEF co-hosted a worldwide conference with France, bringing together representatives from 58 countries including those most affected by the use of child soldiers to end this practice. According to UNICEF over 27,000 children in different parts of the world are believed to have been used on the frontlines during armed conflicts in 2006 alone. To address this, the Conference resulted in the release of what is known as The <a href="/wiki/Paris_Principles_(human_rights_standards)" title="Paris Principles (human rights standards)">Paris Principles</a>, a detailed set of guidelines for protecting children from recruitment and for providing effective assistance to those already involved with armed groups or forces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women_and_girls">Women and girls</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Women and girls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Veneman has helped bring more awareness to the plight of women and girls. Saying, "if we care about the health and well-being of children today and into the future, we must work now to ensure that women and girls have equal opportunities to be educated, to participate in government, to achieve economic self-sufficiency and to be protected from violence and discrimination."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UNICEF has launched key interventions to enhance gender equality around the world. "Despite progress in women's status in recent decades, the lives of millions of girls and women are still overshadowed by discrimination, disempowerment and poverty."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Millions of women...are subject to physical and sexual violence, with little recourse to justice."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, Veneman helped launch a partnership with renowned US playwright and 'V-Day' founder <a href="/wiki/Eve_Ensler" title="Eve Ensler">Eve Ensler</a> in 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to bring awareness and change to the sexual abuse and violence of women in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">DRC</a>. 'Stop Raping our Greatest Resource' is a campaign initiated by the women of eastern DRC along with <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> and <a href="/wiki/V-Day_(movement)" title="V-Day (movement)">V-Day</a>, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> estimates that hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been raped since the conflict began in eastern DRC more than a decade ago. </p><p>Veneman has also called for greater efforts to end <a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">female genital mutilation</a>. In February 2009, marking the International Day against the harmful practice that three million girls and women endure each year, Veneman said, "Some 70 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital cutting. While some communities have made real progress in abandoning this dangerous practice, the rights, and even the lives, of too many girls continue to be threatened."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organizational_effectiveness">Organizational effectiveness</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Organizational effectiveness"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UNICEF's financial and organizational position has continued to improve due to its reputation. Between 2004 and 2008, total income, including trust funds, has increased more than 60%, to over $4 billion. The organization's accountability mechanisms have been strengthened, audit compliance has improved, an office of investigation established, and an ethics officer appointed. </p><p>In December 2009, <a href="/wiki/UN_Secretary-General" class="mw-redirect" title="UN Secretary-General">UN Secretary-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a> said of Veneman, "She has fulfilled her mandate with immense dedication, and I have been impressed by her extraordinary energy and determination to improve children's health, education and well-being around the world. Under her leadership, UNICEF has become a catalyst for global action to help children reach their full potential, promoting collaborations that deliver the best possible results for children based on expert knowledge, sound evidence and data. She has been a champion of United Nations coherence and a strong voice for children as well as Millennium Development Goal implementation. Her legacy is an organization that is financially and intellectually strong and well-equipped to meet the challenges children face in the twenty-first century."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Veneman was named to <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Magazine%27s_List_of_The_World%27s_100_Most_Powerful_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women">Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women</a>, ranking #46.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forbes cited Veneman in part because she "played a key role in the joint effort by <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund" title="United Nations Population Fund">United Nations Population Fund</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> to help accelerate progress on maternal and newborn health in the 25 countries with the highest rates of infant mortality worldwide."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mrs. Veneman was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lake" title="Anthony Lake">Anthony Lake</a> on May 1, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nestlé"><span id="Nestl.C3.A9"></span>Nestlé</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Nestlé"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After her time with UNICEF, Veneman served as an adviser to <a href="/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9" title="Nestlé">Nestlé</a> and took a seat on Nestlé's board of directors. Nutrition campaign groups criticized Veneman's involvement with Nestlé because of the company's violation of a global code restricting advertising of breast milk substitutes.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_United_States_Cabinet_members" title="List of female United States Cabinet members">List of female United States Cabinet members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_women_lawyers_and_judges_in_California" title="List of first women lawyers and judges in California">List of first women lawyers and judges in California</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ann_Veneman&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/27/Veneman-takes-No-2-ag-post/9649677995200/">"Veneman takes No. 2 ag post - 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Veneman</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201106180852/https://www.unicef.org/people/people_26319.html">Archived</a> 2020-11-06 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/veneman-bio.html">White House biography</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050925014526/http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/%21ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/.d/1/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=bios_veneman.xml#7_2_5JM">USDA biography</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?16624">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://charlierose.com/videos/6198">Ann Veneman</a> on <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rose_(talk_show)" title="Charlie Rose (talk show)"><i>Charlie Rose</i></a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2487249/">Ann Veneman</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/v/ann_m_veneman/index.html">Ann Veneman</a> collected news and commentary at <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt>Articles</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070525100501/http://archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/fsnet/2004/1-2004/fsnet_jan_1.htm#story8">Secretary puts experience to work in mad cow case</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/11/24/VI2009112400626.html">Video | UNICEF chief Ann Veneman on refuting those who "undermine" vaccination programs and speaking against child marriage.</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2009/sgsm12686.doc.htm">Secretary-General Praises Ann Veneman's Immense Dedication, Energy, Determination</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/11/24/VI2009112400626.html">Ann Veneman on The Washington Post On Leadership Series</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(06)69430-0/fulltext">Lancet-Ann Veneman: getting UNICEF back to basics</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bigthink.com/ideas/17380">BigThink Interview with Ann Veneman on Children's Rights</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" 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style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">United States Secretary of Agriculture</a> </b><br />2001–2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">Mike Johanns</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FACEFF;">Diplomatic posts </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Bellamy" title="Carol Bellamy">Carol Bellamy</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Executive Director of <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> </b><br />2005–2010 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lake" title="Anthony Lake">Tony 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