Dr. Justin Ransom is the FSIS Administrator at USDA. His experience spans major food system organizations, including Tyson Foods, McDonald’s, and OSI Group. Dr. Ransom began his career at the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, where he played a key role in developing technical standards for the National School Lunch Program, instrument grading systems, and trade facilitation. Dr. Ransom has a B.S. in Agriculture Communications from Texas Tech University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Science from Michigan State and Colorado State University. In his free time, Justin enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter and working on the farm.