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Fri December 8th, 2023

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Ana is the Executive Director at Sentient Media. Her background is in content production and startup consultancy.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Undersecretary for Food Safety Dr. Mindy Brashears attends her first sub-cabinet meeting with Secretary Sonny Perdue, Deputy Secretary Steve Censky and colleagues in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2019. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. Brashears' ties to the meat industry were recently revealed.

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