Sharon Linden Mayl currently serves as the Senior Advisor for Policy to the Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine. In this position, she oversees and manages significant policy initiatives related to food safety and nutrition. She currently focuses on implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Ms. Mayl co-leads the team that is developing the FSMA import rules and guidance documents, including those related to the Foreign Supplier Verification Program, Voluntary Qualified Import Program, and Accredited Third-Party Certification Program. Ms. Mayl is also the colead for the FSMA import operational team that will prepare the Agency for its transition from policy setting to compliance in the next phase of FSMA implementation. In addition to her work on foods issues, Ms. Mayl remains involved in agency-wide policy matters in the imports area and served as a cochair of the Commissioner’s Globalization Strategy Working Group, which produced the 2011 report, “Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality.” Ms. Mayl is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the agency in 1994, she worked first in private practice and then for a public interest advocacy group on foods issues.