Jenny Lester Moffitt is the Under Secretary for the Marketing and Regulatory Programs at the United States Department of Agriculture. Previously, she served as the Undersecretary at the California Department of Food and Agriculture from 2018-21 and Deputy Secretary from 2015-18. Prior, Moffitt spent 10 years as Managing Director at Dixon Ridge Farms, her family’s organic walnut farm and processing operation. Growing up and working on the farm, Moffitt learned first-hand the importance of taking care of the land and the people who farm it. Additionally, she served on the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board from 2012-15 and worked for American Farmland Trust from 2002-05.

As a farmer and policymaker, Moffitt has engaged with agricultural stakeholders on the critically important balance of sustaining our environment, strengthening our rural economies, and building healthy communities. Moffitt is a graduate of Brown University and the California Agricultural Leadership Program. She resides in Washington DC with her husband, a public-school educator, and their teenage daughter.