Brandon Judd | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Chile Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding | Bernadette Meehan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arizona |
Brandon Judd is an American law enforcement officer and union organizer who is the nominee for the United States ambassador to Chile under Donald Trump. [1]
Judd was commissioned as a field agent in the United States Border Patrol in 1997. His first duty station was in Imperial,California. [3] Beginning in 2002,he was Special Operation Mountain Team Leader and a field training officer stationed in Naco,Arizona. [3] He has also served as an instructor at the Border Patrol Academy,and as a field agent at Border Patrol posts in Houlton,Maine;El Centro,California;Tucson,Arizona;and Havre,Montana. [3]
In 2001,Judd was elected president of the National Border Patrol Council local union in El Centro,California and,from 2010 to 2012,served as president of the NBPC local in Tucson,Arizona. [3] In 2013,he was unanimously elected NBPC national president. [4]
Judd retired from the U.S. Border Patrol in May 2024 after 27 years of service. [5] In December of that year,Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint Judd as United States ambassador to Chile. [6]
