Regional Director – Southern Region, USDA National Appeals Division
Tezra O. Woody
Mrs. Tezra Woody, JD, MA, joined the National Appeals Division (NAD) in 2006 as a Deputy Regional Director of the Southern Region Office (SRO).
In that capacity Mrs. Woody supervised Administrative Judges in nine southern states while managing her own caseload featuring matters of complexity and first impression. In July 2020, Mrs. Woody was promoted to the position of Southern Regional Director. Her new role includes fiduciary and asset management duties, among other exciting challenges.
Mrs. Woody is a retired US Army JAG Corps Officer who spent 23 years in uniform. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Winston-Salem State University in 1990, and her J.D from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 1998. In November of 2019, she completed a Master of Arts degree in Communication Management from the University of Denver.
