USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, Virginia
Ben Marcus joined the External Affairs team at USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service in May of 2022 as a Presidential Management Fellow and Program Analyst. Before federal government, he spent over 15 years as a constituent management professional and nonprofit consultant focused on civic engagement, advocacy, and network development. Ben has worked with dozens of organizations and causes, trained groups large and small, worked on issue-based and candidate campaigns up and down the ballot, and served two terms as an AmeriCorps Member. He earned a Bachelors in Social Sciences and a Masters of Public Policy from Jacksonville University, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.