Rural Development (RD) at USDA announced that, effective August 17, 2020, Ernie Wetherbee will become the first Director of RD’s Multifamily Housing’s new Field Operations Division. Wetherbee has extensive leadership experience at RD, including 11 years implementing Rural Housing programs in the field, which makes him uniquely qualified to take on this new position.
The Field Operations Division was created as part of the Multifamily Housing organizational realignment, which will improve customer service delivery, create consistency in program implementation and improve oversight of the built portfolio though the use of modern-day risk-based servicing tools.