Background
Woteki, Catherine Ellen was born on October 7, 1947 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Joseph Jeremiah and Catherine (Costello) O'Connor.
Woteki, Catherine Ellen was born on October 7, 1947 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Joseph Jeremiah and Catherine (Costello) O'Connor.
Bachelor of Science, Mary Washington College, 1969; Master of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1973.
Assistant professor Drexel University, Philadelphia, 1975-1977. Project director Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, 1977-1980. Group leader Human Nutrition Information Services United States Department of Agriculture, 1980-1983.
Deputy director National Center for Health Statistics United States Department Health & Human Services, 1983-1990. Director Food & Nutrition Board Institute Medicine, 1990-1993. Deputy associate director for science Office Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1994-1995.
Deputy under secretary for research, education & economics United States Department of Agriculture, 1996, under secretary for food safety, 1997—2001. Dean agricultural, professor human nutrition Iowa State University, Iowa City, 2002—2005. Global director science affairs Mars, Inc., McLean, Virginia, 2005—2010.
Under secretary for research, education & economics United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, since 2010.
Member American Institute Nutrition, American Dietetic Association Council on Research, Institute Food Technologists, American Public Health Association, Institute Medicine (chair food & nutrition board, 2003-2005).
Married Thomas Henry Woteki, June 7, 1969.