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President Obama has nominated Dr. Rajiv Shah, a member of the Seattle Community Colleges Board of Trustees, to serve as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Shah will be responsible for Research, Education, and Economics.
In Seattle, he is a Director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he manages Agricultural Development programs. Earlier he served as Director of Strategic Opportunities and as Senior Economist, helping to develop the foundation’s global health strategy and to manage the Vaccine Fund.
"Dr. Shah has become a strong advocate for the mission and students of our colleges, particularly in the areas of innovation and technology,” said Seattle Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Wakefield. Board Chair Tom Malone called Shah “a tireless champion of education, whose work with the Gates Foundation brought a depth of experience that is going to be hard to replace.”
Shah earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and a M.Sc. in Health Economics at the Wharton School of Business. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the London School of Economics. He has published numerous articles on health policy and global development. Shah previously worked for the World Health Organization and as a policy aid in the British Parliament.
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