The conservative lawyer is CEO of right-wing think tank America First Policy Institute, which is poised to exert enormous influence in the president-elect’s second term.
President-elect Donald Trump named Brooke Rollins to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Rollins, a Texas native, is president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank launched in 2021 to promote Trump’s economic policies. A conservative lawyer, Rollins also served as acting director of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council at the end of Trump’s first term.
If confirmed, Rollins would oversee a sprawling department that influences nearly every part of the food and agriculture industry, from trade policy to food safety. She would also be responsible for administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
