Sakeenah Shabazz is a Biden-Harris Appointee serving as a Senior Policy Advisor at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Her portfolio includes the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and implementing USDA actions put forth in the corresponding National Strategy. Sakeenah also works on FNS program and policy engagement with U.S. territories, local and regional food systems, and inter-agency engagement focused on veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and foster youth. Prior to joining USDA, Sakeenah was the Policy Director at Berkeley Food Institute. She earned a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Georgetown University. She is originally from San Diego, CA and resides in Washington, D.C.