Cindi Allen

Background

About Cindi Allen

Master's Political Management (MPM) from George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management, Washington D.C. BA Leadership and Economics, Bellevue University, Bellevue, Nebraska International Trade Experience Agriculture Policy Advisory Committee (APAC), Washington D.C. appointed 2015 and reappointed 2019 USTR Ambassador Lighthizer, USDA Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Reappointed 2023 USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and USTR Ambassador Tai USDA ATM Casablanca Morocco 2024 Secretary of State Nebraska Trade Mission Taiwan 2024 Nebraska Trade Mission Kenya 2024 USDA ATM Trade Mission Kenya & Tanzania 2022 Nebraska Trade Mission to UAE and Jordan 2022 Nebraska Trade Mission to Bulgaria, Mexico, and Vietnam 2019 -U.S. Dry Bean Council (USDBC) Trade Mission to Tanzania, Africa, Food Aid, and Rome, Italy, World Food Program. December, 2018 -U.S. Dry Bean Council (USDBC) Trade Mission to Argentina and Brazil, June 2017 -U.S. Dry Bean Council (USDBC) Trade Mission to Greece and Turkey November 2015 -Nebraska Dry Bean Commission (NDBC) Nebraska Governor's Trade Mission to Japan, September 2015 -U.S. Dry Bean Council (USDBC) Gulffood Trade Show United Arab Emeritus, Dubia January 2015 •U.S. Dry Bean Council (USDBC) Food Aid and International Partnership for Human Development 2014, Ethiopia, and Republic of Congo, Africa •U.S. Dry Bean Council (USDBC) Alimentaria Food Show 2014, Barcelona, Spain • USDA. – Turkey Agribusiness Trade Mission (ATM), The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Acting Deputy Secretary Michael Scuse, Istanbul, Turkey, June 10 – 12, 2013 • New Delhi, India, 2013 Rotary Polio Plus, Lead a team of high school students to vaccinate children against polio. Visited the U.S. Embassy regarding Nebraska trade and gave a presentation to students and faculty at the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Manufacturing (NIFTEM), India • Nebraska Trade Mission to China, 2012, Nebraska Dry Bean Commission, Nebraska Department of Agriculture and University of Nebraska - Lincoln. • Dhaka, Bangladesh – Volunteer medical team with Alliance for Smiles, 2009 • Uganda, Africa – ACDI/VOCA and USAID visiting and assisting subsistence farmers and fundraising efforts for a Ugandan High School, 2008 • Governor's Trade Mission to Cuba, 2008, negotiated with Cuban representatives from Alimport to promote and export dry edible beans to Cuba