Senior Leadership

Chief Financial Officer

Position is currently vacant.

Lynn Moaney, Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Lynn Moaney is the Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Lynn Moaney has rejoined USDA as the Associate CFO for Financial Policy and Planning, where she maintains oversight responsibilities for USDA-wide development and implementation of fiscal policy, internal controls, administrative operations, as well as budget formulation and execution for shared cost programs and the working capital fund. Ms. Moaney has over 25 years of experience in developing and maintaining financial standards and a proven record of leading organizational initiatives. She most recently served as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer at the Federal Communications Commission. Prior to that, she worked in OCFO Financial Operations from 2001-2006 and was instrumental in implementing the Department's legacy Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).

Stanley McMichael, Associate Chief Financial Officer for Financial Operations

Associate Chief Financial Officer for Financial Policy and Planning

Acting Associate Chief Financial Officer for Shared Services

Stan McMichael is currently serving as the Associate Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Financial Operations. Previously, Mr. McMichael was the Director of Administrative Management Division. As the Associate CFO, he is responsible for the centralized control for the preparation of USDA’s consolidated financial statements, external financial reports, and DATA Act compliance reporting. In addition, he provides leadership and direction for budget and finance, procurement, resource management, human capital management, facilities management, COOP, and Emergency Preparedness. He is a native of Washington, D.C. with over 26 years of service at USDA. Mr. McMichael holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University; a Certificate from Georgetown University in Business Administration; and a Certificate in Financial Management from Cornell University. He is a graduate of the Harvard University Law School Program on Negotiation; and a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA.

Calvin W. Turner Jr., Director of the National Finance Center

Calvin W. Turner Jr. is the Director of the National Finance Center (NFC). Mr. Turner joined NFC in October 2011, as the Deputy Director, and most recently, he was the Acting Director. Prior to joining NFC, Mr. Turner had more than 20 years of leadership experience in the banking industry with Whitney National Bank, Hibernia National Bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank. He was also an Associate Instructor with the University of Phoenix at the New Orleans campus, and he was the owner of two small businesses. Mr. Turner is active in the community and frequently volunteers as on-air talent with WYES TV/Channel 12 Public Television to help raise money with their pledge drives, and he has served on the boards of numerous local community organizations. Mr. Turner has a Master’s degree in Public Administration and an undergraduate degree in Business Management and Communications.

Anita Adkins, Deputy Director of the National Finance Center

Anita R. Adkins was named the Deputy Director for the National Finance Center in January 2018. Ms. Adkins is responsible for providing executive leadership in planning, developing, and administering all administrative management services, program policies and operational support for the Office of the Director and the National Finance Center.

She previously served in Rural Development as the Director for Human Resources, Rural Development since August of 2013. Prior to that appointment, Ms. Adkins held various positions in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies including Senior Advisor and Director of Human Resources Policy in the Office of Human Resources Management, and worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forest Service, as well as the Department of the Army, Defense Logistics Agency, and the Veterans Administration.

Ms. Adkins holds a M.A. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a B.A. from Central Texas University.

Director of the Information Technology Services Division

Position is currently vacant.

Cristina Chiappe, Director of the Government Employees Services Division

Cristina Chiappe is the Director of the Government Employees Services Division (GESD). GESD is responsible for mainframe and web applications, software development, payroll operations, accounting, program management, customer service, training and marketing in support of the payroll/personnel, human resources, and insurance lines of business. Ms. Chiappe most recently served as the Deputy Administrator for Management in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS) where she oversaw all aspects of human capital management, acquisition management, operations, facilities, information management and diversity & inclusion. Ms. Chiappe completed the Senior Executive Candidate Development Program in 2014 and served among other Federal executives as the USDA representative on the White House Advisory Council on SES Reform. In addition to the SES Candidate Development Program, Ms. Chiappe has completed the Federal Executive Institute, American University’s Executive Leadership Program, and Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation for Executives. She holds a B.A. and M.Ed. from the University of Virginia where she was a Division I athlete.