Smith named APHIS administrator

Smith named APHIS administrator The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed Cindy J. Smith to administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, an agency she has served since 1979.
   Smith was briefly named acting APHIS administrator after Ron DeHaven retired from the post on Aug. 3. DeHaven, who worked at the agency for 28 years, served as APHIS administrator since 2004.