{"id":1064,"date":"2009-12-02T19:11:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2012-09-05T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T19:12:09","slug":"mary-ellen-setting-promoted-to-deputy-secretary-of-agriculture-for-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2009\/12\/02\/mary-ellen-setting-promoted-to-deputy-secretary-of-agriculture-for-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Ellen Setting Promoted to Deputy Secretary of Agriculture for Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim Wallace Selected as Director of Administration<\/em><\/p>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (Dec. 21, 2009) – One of Maryland\u2019s most important agricultural and consumer protection leadership positions is now filled with the promotion of Mary Ellen Setting as deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture.\u00a0 The position had been vacant since May 2009 when Governor Martin O\u2019Malley appointed former Deputy Secretary Buddy Hance to his post as Secretary of the agency.\u00a0 Setting has served as Assistant Secretary of Plant Industries and Pest Management for the agency since January of 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased to announce this appointment,\u201d said Sec. Hance. \u201cMary Ellen Setting\u2019s extensive experience and leadership with the agency, respect among industry professionals and her peers, as well as her common-sense approach to managing a diverse range of regulatory and service programs will be a great asset to the O\u2019Malley-Brown Administration, the department and to the Marylanders we serve.\u00a0 Her vision will help guide our outstanding staff and strengthen MDA’s important programs for the benefit of all Marylanders.\u201d<\/p>\n

As deputy secretary, Setting will manage the day-to-day operations of the agency to achieve the conservation, promotion, preservation, regulatory, educational and service responsibilities of the department.\u00a0 These activities assure a healthy environment and food supply, fairness in the marketplace and that agriculture will remain a strong economic force in the State.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored and excited by the opportunity to help lead the agency,\u201d Setting said.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI look forward to building on my experience at the agency and with the agricultural industry to advance the goals of the agency and the Administration while maintaining a viable agricultural sector\u201d.<\/p>\n

As assistant secretary of the Office of Plant Industries and Pest Management, Setting directed six sections: Forest Pest Management, Mosquito Control, Pesticide Regulation, Plant Protection and Weed Management, State Chemist, and Turf and Seed.\u00a0 The office functions primarily as a regulatory body that enforces state and federal laws, regulations and quarantines related to management of pests that affect health of crops, nursery stock and forests.\u00a0 It also provides consumer protection and services by ensuring the quality of commercial agricultural products, turf and seed products and nursery plants and offers educational programs for regulated industries and consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jim Wallace Selected as Director of Administration   ANNAPOLIS, MD (Dec. 21, 2009) – One of Maryland\u2019s most important agricultural and consumer protection leadership positions is now filled with the promotion of Mary Ellen Setting as deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture.\u00a0 The position had been vacant since May 2009 when Governor Martin  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-deputy-secretary-of-agriculture"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}