President-elect Donald Trump has selected former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture
President-elect Donald Trump has selected former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture in his second administration.
Here are some things to know about Trump’s choice and the agency that Rollins would lead if she is confirmed by the Senate.
Rollins, 52, graduated from Texas A & M University with an undergraduate degree in agricultural development before completing law school at the University of Texas. She served as domestic policy chief during Trump’s first term, a portfolio that included agricultural policy. After leaving the White House, she became president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a group helping to lay the groundwork for a second Trump administration.
Over the years, Rollins has forged a strong enough relationship with Trump, who has prized proven loyalty in his Cabinet and top adviser picks, that she was among the people floated as a potential White House chief of staff.
