{{Short description|American agriculturalist}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Krysta Harden | image = Krysta Harden Official Portrait.jpg | caption = | office = 12th United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture | president = Barack Obama | term_start = July 23, 2013 | term_end = February 29, 2016 | predecessor = Kathleen Merrigan | successor = Stephen Censky | office2 = Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Agriculture | president2 = Barack Obama | predecessor2 = John Norris<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN21539675|title=USDA's Vilsack names John Norris as chief of staff|newspaper=Reuters|date=21 January 2009}}</ref> | successor2 = Brian Baenig<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2013/09/17/secretary-vilsack-announces-appointment-brian-baenig-usda-chief-staff|title = Secretary Vilsack Announces Appointment of Brian Baenig as USDA Chief of Staff}}</ref> | term_start2 = January 2011 | term_end2 = July 2013 | birth_date = | birth_place = Camilla, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Georgia | spouse = Charles F. Hatcher }}
'''Krysta Harden''' is an American government official who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from 2013 to 2016.
== Early life and education == Harden was born and raised in Camilla, Georgia. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
== Career == Harden began her career at the United States Department of Agriculture in 2009, serving as Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations until 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USDA|url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/mn/home/?cid=stelprdb1193292|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519073523/https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/mn/home/?cid=stelprdb1193292|archive-date=May 19, 2017|access-date=May 13, 2017}}</ref> Harden served as Chief of Staff for Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack from 2011 to 2013.
Harden was appointed United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture by President Barack Obama in 2013. She resigned as Deputy Secretary in February 2016 and later assumed the position of Vice President of Public Policy and Chief Sustainability Officer at DuPont, a chemical conglomerate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dupont.com/corporate-functions/our-company/leadership/senior-leadership/articles/harden.html|title=Krysta Harden|publisher=DuPont|access-date=May 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agweb.com/article/krysta-harden-joins-dupont-after-leaving-usda-naa-alison-rice/|title=Krysta Harden Joins DuPont After Leaving USDA|author=Rice, Alison|publisher=AgWeb|date=March 2, 2016|access-date=May 13, 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== She is married to former Georgia congressman Charles F. Hatcher.<ref>[https://www.albanyherald.com/news/harden-up-for-no-usda-position/article_a663f495-9dcc-5e7b-9cd8-2ee7e32a1842.html Harden up for No. 2 USDA position]</ref>
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} *{{C-SPAN|73998}} {{authority control}}
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