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'''Hilda Gay Legg''' (born October 7, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/hilda-legg/hilda-legg?valid=true&\|title=Hilda Legg|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref> is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] appointed official based in Somerset, [[Kentucky]]. In December 2018, [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] named her the Kentucky state director for rural development within the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]. | '''Hilda Gay Legg''' (born October 7, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/hilda-legg/hilda-legg?valid=true&\|title=Hilda Legg|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref> is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] appointed official based in Somerset, [[Kentucky]]. In December 2018, [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] named her the Kentucky state director for rural development within the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]. | ||
| − | A former classroom teacher in her native Adair County in south Kentucky, Legg grew up in Knifley. She graduated in 1974 from [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville, Kentucky. She obtained a graduate degree from Western Kentucky University in , Kentucky, Legg worked in the [[U.S. Department of Education]] in the [[Ronald Reagan]] administration. Reagan's successor, [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], named her as the alternate federal co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, with the principal duty of promoting economic policy. In that capacity, She managed a budget of $190 million set aside to create jobs in Appalachia, improve education, and build infrastructure for a region of 21 million inhabitants.<ref name=legg>Linda Waggener, "Having served four United States presidents, Hilda Legg is USDA's Kentucky State Director for Rural Development," ''Campbellsvillian,''Summer 2019, p. 5.</ref> | + | A former classroom teacher in her native Adair County in south Kentucky, Legg grew up in the [[rural]] community of Knifley. She graduated in 1974 from [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville, Kentucky. She obtained a graduate degree from Western Kentucky University in , Kentucky, Legg worked in the [[U.S. Department of Education]] in the [[Ronald Reagan]] administration. Reagan's successor, [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], named her as the alternate federal co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, with the principal duty of promoting economic policy. In that capacity, She managed a budget of $190 million set aside to create jobs in Appalachia, improve education, and build infrastructure for a region of 21 million inhabitants.<ref name=legg>Linda Waggener, "Having served four United States presidents, Hilda Legg is USDA's Kentucky State Director for Rural Development," ''Campbellsvillian,''Summer 2019, p. 5.</ref> |
President [[George W. Bush]] named Legg administrator for Rural Utilities Service , at which she managed a budget of $6 billion in loan and grant funds. She saw all presidents on a regular basis, but had more interaction with G.W. Bush, whom she calls "truly the kindest."<ref name=legg/> Though G.W. Bush has been highly critical of current President Trump, Legg called Trump "bold enough, independent enough and [one] who cannot be controlled by policy makers or lobbyists. He's exactly what the country needs to address the challenges that it has today."<ref name=legg/>cannot be controlled by policy makers or lobbyists | President [[George W. Bush]] named Legg administrator for Rural Utilities Service , at which she managed a budget of $6 billion in loan and grant funds. She saw all presidents on a regular basis, but had more interaction with G.W. Bush, whom she calls "truly the kindest."<ref name=legg/> Though G.W. Bush has been highly critical of current President Trump, Legg called Trump "bold enough, independent enough and [one] who cannot be controlled by policy makers or lobbyists. He's exactly what the country needs to address the challenges that it has today."<ref name=legg/>cannot be controlled by policy makers or lobbyists | ||
Revision as of 15:36, August 1, 2019
Hilda Gay Legg (born October 7, 1952)[1] is a Republican appointed official based in Somerset, Kentucky. In December 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump named her the Kentucky state director for rural development within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A former classroom teacher in her native Adair County in south Kentucky, Legg grew up in the rural community of Knifley. She graduated in 1974 from Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky. She obtained a graduate degree from Western Kentucky University in , Kentucky, Legg worked in the U.S. Department of Education in the Ronald Reagan administration. Reagan's successor, George Herbert Walker Bush, named her as the alternate federal co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, with the principal duty of promoting economic policy. In that capacity, She managed a budget of $190 million set aside to create jobs in Appalachia, improve education, and build infrastructure for a region of 21 million inhabitants.[2]
President George W. Bush named Legg administrator for Rural Utilities Service , at which she managed a budget of $6 billion in loan and grant funds. She saw all presidents on a regular basis, but had more interaction with G.W. Bush, whom she calls "truly the kindest."[2] Though G.W. Bush has been highly critical of current President Trump, Legg called Trump "bold enough, independent enough and [one] who cannot be controlled by policy makers or lobbyists. He's exactly what the country needs to address the challenges that it has today."[2]cannot be controlled by policy makers or lobbyists
- ↑ Hilda Legg. Mylife.com. Retrieved on August 1, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Linda Waggener, "Having served four United States presidents, Hilda Legg is USDA's Kentucky State Director for Rural Development," Campbellsvillian,Summer 2019, p. 5.