Sheila Fleischhacker

Sheila Fleischhacker serves as a national science liaison at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. In this role, she focuses on intra-agency, intra-departmental, inter-government, and external affairs for the agency’s nutrition and food safety portfolio of more than $220 million in research, education, extension, and innovation. She developed and co-led (2021 to 2025) the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s award-winning food and nutrition security team of more than 80 staff. In addition, she created and currently chairs the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s food systems focused workstream with more than 100 federal staff across 10 agencies.