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F. Alan Andersen – President

The FDA Alumni Association is alive and well, and living in... just about everywhere! We've left the 800 member number in the dust and are working toward 900. And we're located in Europe, in Asia, and across the USA. We're experienced in administration, we have technical expertise in every program area at FDA, and do we know inspections and all that field stuff?– you bet!

Our tag line – Serving Those Who Have Served – continues to be our focus. We serve FDA alumni by providing communications, holding functions, listing opportunities, etc., all the stuff you will read about in our annual report. Serving those who have served also takes the form of helping those who still are serving, the current staff at FDA.

One of my favorite examples is the invitations that come in on a steady basis to CFSAN from a foreign government or NGO to have someone travel to a foreign destination and help train another government's inspectors or teach industry groups about food safety. And this would be a good thing to do to improve food safety. For you retirees, I gotta tell you, the budget for foreign travel hasn't improved since you were there! So, here we are with a need and FDA can't fill it. FDA Alumni Association alumni members often can fill that need. These efforts to link alumni with opportunities meet the needs and interests of alumni, AND they have a very tangible benefit to the current staff at FDA.

From the very outset, and in spite of the name that only says "alumni," we have included the opportunity for current FDA employees to join as associate members. Many of you have heard me say: "alumni in training." Our intent is to inform and facilitate communications between and among current and past employees of the Agency so that we can continue to undertake efforts that meet our alumni and associate members needs.

As we look forward to 2010, I'm hoping that we can parlay the efforts we made to focus on those members outside the Washington area with the "field subcommittee" of the communications group into something bigger. We know there is a need for mentoring in the field organization at FDA and we think there are willing alumni with the right kind of experience to do it.

So, stay tuned and stay engaged. For alumni, it's a good feeling that what you know and the insights you've developed over a career can be of help to support the Food and Drug Administration. For associate members, you ground us in the present - always a good thing.

F. Alan Andersen
President

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