Hilda Gay Legg serves as the 15th Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service(RUS).
Appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by a unanimous vote of the U.S. Senate on September 27, 2001,
Ms. Legg administers a $6 billion loan and grant program for the infrastructure needs of rural America through Water and Environmental,
Telecommunications and Rural Electrification Programs
A long-time advocate of holistic approaches to economic deelopment in rural America, Ms. Legg came to Washington,
D.C. from The Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Kentucky, where she served seven years as Executive Director and CEO.
She was responsible for the overall management of the state-of-the-art facility as well as program development and outreach.
In 1990, Ms. Legg was appointed by President Geoge Bush as Alternate Federal Co-Chairman for the
Appalachian Regional Commission in Washington, D.C. Her primary responsibilities were to represent and promote the economic
policies for the region's 21 million people, and assist in the management of a $ 109 million budget aimed at job creation,
building infrastructure, education and workforce training and numerous research programs relative to rural economic development.
During the late 1980's, Ms. Legg was Director of Admissions and a faculty member at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky.
From 1985 to 1987, she was the Field Representative in the Bowling Green office of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell. |
Hilda Gay Legg
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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