Gregory Doud is an American economist and government official who served as the

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in the

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(USTR) during the

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. Doud previously served as the president of the Commodity Markets Council. He also served as a staff member for the

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and as chief economist for the

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Early life and education

A native of

Mankato, Kansas Mankato is a city in and the county seat of Jewell County, Kansas, Jewell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 836. History Mankato was originally called Jewell Center ...

, Doud earned a Bachelor of Science degree in animal science and a Master of Science in agricultural economics from

Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant coll ...

. Growing up, Doud was involved in

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and served on the Kansas State FFA officer team from 1986 to 1987. He was also involved in the

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fraternity at Kansas State University.

Career

Doud was the chief economist for the

for eight years. He then joined the

, working under U.S. Senators

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and

Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran ( ; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representative ...

. In this position, he helped to draft the 2012

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and worked on policy issues related to livestock, international trade, food aid, and oversight of the

Commodity Futures Trading Commission The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US government created in 1974 that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, which includes futures contract, fut ...

. Doud became president of the Commodity Markets Council in 2013. He served in that role until March 2018, when he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the

in the

Awards

In 2012, Doud was awarded the Outstanding Young Alumnus of the Kansas State University Agriculture Alumni Association and also received the Outstanding Alumnus award from the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State in 2017.

References

External links

Biography at Commodity Markets Council
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