Event Details:
Friday, August 30, 2019
8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Filley Hall, Rm. 206
Coffee and doughnuts will be served
The graduate community is invited to participate in discussion Tyler Babcock WHO will assume the role of Agricultural Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 23, 2019.
Prior to serving in Bangladesh, Babcock was the Deputy Director of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Agricultural Trade Office in Shanghai, China where he was responsible for promoting U.S. agricultural products in the five provinces of Eastern China. He was also an Agricultural Specialist in the Office of Agreements and Scientific Affairs – Animal Product Division where he covered the North Asia region. He joined FAS in 2014. Over his career, he has worked on a breadth of issues ranging from international food and health regulations to market promotion.
Babcock earned a Bachelor of Science degree in East Asian Studies and Business Administration from the University of Arizona in 2010 and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Georgetown University in 2014. He grew up on his family’s farm near Omaha, Nebraska. He has a dog named Mozzarella that will accompany him at Post.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is responsible for linking U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and increase global food security. FAS is unique within the U.S. government for its sole focus on agricultural trade and food security issues.
FAS Foreign Service Officers are posted across the globe, allowing FAS to address trade policy, development, and market promotion issues as they arise. They are the front-line professionals representing the Department of Agriculture in 93 overseas field offices in U.S. diplomatic missions covering 171 countries. They can be sent anywhere in the world, at any time, to serve the diplomatic needs of the United States. All interested U.S. citizens with relevant experience and educational background that have an ability to obtain and maintain a top secret security clearance and medical clearances are encouraged to apply.