Trump nominates Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture

President-elect Trump chose Brooke Rollins as his Secretary of Agriculture.

In a statement Saturday, Trump praised Rollins’ “commitment to supporting the American farmer, the defense of American food self-sufficiency and the restoration of agriculture-dependent American small towns.”

“A proud graduate of Texas A&M University, Brooke earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Development and JD with honors,” the release said. “From her upbringing in the small and agriculture-centric town of Glen Rose, Texas, to her longtime leadership involvement with Future Farmers of America and 4H, to her generational family farming background, to mentoring her four children in their show cattle careers, Brooke has a practitioner’s experience combined with deep political credentials in both nonprofit and government leadership at the state and national levels.”

Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of AFPI, is seen during the America First Policy Institute’s America First Agenda Summit at the Marriott Marquis on July 26, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Rollins served as director of the Office of American Innovation and acting director of the Domestic Policy Council during the first Trump administration.

Since his time in the Trump White House, Rollins co-founded the America First Policy Institute think tank.