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NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
                                                 MARYLAND FEDERATION

                              DR. GARY ROUNDTREE SR.   DR. SUDHA HALEY    EDWARD REED       PATRICIA FARMER
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                                    PRESIDENT        1  VICE PRESIDENT            2  VICE PRESIDENT           SECRETARY
                                                   LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR    MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
                              DR. RICHARD STROMBOTNE       RON BOWERS           TED JENSEN                DAN MCGRATH
                                       TREASURER         PAST PRESIDENT    PAST PRESIDENT    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
                                  PAST PRESIDENT
                                          PROFILES IN CIVIL SERVICE





                                         U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE




            I am Marylin Pierre and I served in the Department of Agriculture in 1989
            during the George H. Bush Administration.  I worked as a legal assistant in the

            Office of the General Counsel.  During that time, I worked with the committee
            that made recommendations to the White House about what agricultural goods
            to export to what country at what time.  We were able to help people from

            other countries get healthy foods to feed their families.  I really enjoyed my
            job and I wish I had the opportunity to work there longer. My husband has
            been working at the United States Department of Energy for almost thirty
            years in information technology. He is able to help keep our nation’s computer

            systems from getting viruses and protect us from being hacked.


            I am Diane Schuble and I began my federal career in 1978 as a summer

            intern for the Department of Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Land and Water
            Resources in Washington, D.C. After  earning my Bachelor’s in biology, I
            worked as a Plant Protection Aide for U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
            Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) at John F. Kennedy

            International Airport in New York.  A variety of agricultural products arrive
            daily from around the world and I wanted to help protect America’s

            agricultural and natural resources from the inadvertent introduction of
            invasive pests.


            I was then hired as a journeyman Plant Protection and Quarantine Officer,

            working alongside U.S. Customs in the inspection of passengers arriving from
            other countries, as well as reviewing cargo manifests to hold items of
            potential agricultural risk for inspection.  I often seized contraband containing

            agricultural pests.  I identified many pests prior to submission to a specialist
            and earned the authority to identify 65 different organisms including insects,


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