Barbara Masters is a Senior Policy Advisor at OFW Law.   Before joining the firm, Dr. Masters served as Acting Administrator and then Administrator for the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) from March 2004 through January 2007. During her tenure as Administrator, she worked to establish a solid infrastructure of science-based policies and data analysis which have helped to reduce foodborne illness and product recalls.

During her seventeen year employment with FSIS, Dr. Masters held a variety of positions throughout the Agency, both in the field and at headquarters. Dr. Masters participated in the development and implementation of the Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations in federally and state inspected establishments as well as many of the Agency's microbial testing programs.

Dr. Masters graduated from Mississippi State University with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, and served in a Food Animal Internship at Kansas State University. She has continued to further her education by taking advanced coursework in biotechnology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Masters was the 2007 recipient of the Food Safety Magazine Distinguished Service Award.