Meet Angela

Angela Callie lives in a rural township near Nazareth PA – with her husband Henry

and their dog Vinnie.

She recently retired after 40+ years of federal service. Before her retirement, she worked for the

Federal Government starting with the Department of Defense as a Contract Specialist, buying

Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MREs) and nonperishable food for the Armed forces. She transferred to the USDA

in 1988, and became involved in community development activities in the early 1990’s.

She worked in loan activities, community planning, and civil rights. She developed and implemented

a statewide mentoring program for USDA Rural Development (RD), that concentrated both on

professional and personal development.

She served as the Northeast Regional Coordinator for USDA RD, and provided technical assistance

and guidance to the 13-northeastern state region. She applied principles of partnering, collaborating,

leveraging, strategic planning, and community convening and engagement to assist rural America.

One of her main responsibilities was to support the northeast region as they worked in the
delivery of community capacity building, wealth building and poverty reduction in the communities

USDA-RD assisted across those states; and to fulfill the USDA-RD mission of creating economic opportunity

and improving the quality of life for rural Americans.

 

She has her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Millersville University – and received a
master’s level Certification in Community and Economic Development through Penn State University’s

World Campus. She has a certification in Fundamentals of Instruction and Effective
Teaching Techniques.

She has served as a member on the Advisory Board for the Pennsylvania Rural Urban Leadership Program

(RULE) and continues to provide support to that program by providing various presentations and team building

exercises. She has also served a member of the management team as a Facilitator for RULE.