Ramona Romero | |
|---|---|
| General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture | |
| In office January 14, 2011 –December 1, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Secretary | Tom Vilsack |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dominican Republic |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Princeton,New Jersey |
| Education | Barnard College (BA) Harvard Law School (JD) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Ramona Emilia Romero [1] is an American lawyer and former government official. She was the General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture and currently serves as Vice President and General Counsel of Princeton University. [2]
Romero was born in the Dominican Republic and emigrated to the United States when she was 11 years old. [3] She graduated from Barnard College in 1985 and was president of the student government her senior year. [4] She then went to Harvard Law School and was director of the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project. [3] She received her J.D. from Harvard in 1988. [3]
From 1988 to 1996,Romero was a lawyer at Crowell &Moring,where she defended clients in civil and criminal enforcement actions brought by the Federal government of the United States. [2] She joined DuPont in 1998 as Senior Counsel,then Corporate Counsel in charge of commercial and antitrust litigation,and Corporate Counsel and Manager of Operations and Partnering. [2] From 2008 to 2010,she was also General Counsel of DuPont joint venture Sentinel Transportation. [2] She was President of the Hispanic National Bar Association from 2008 to 2009,and testified at the U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in that capacity. [5]
In 2010,Romero was nominated by President Barack Obama to be General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture. [2] She was confirmed by the United States Senate in late December 2010 and was sworn in on January 14,2011. [6] [7]
Romero left USDA for Princeton University in 2014,when she became the University's Chief Legal Officer. [8] [9] [10]
In 2019,Romero was named a trustee of Barnard College. [4] She was appointed by President Joe Biden to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships in 2021. [11]
Romero is an elected member of the American Law Institute. [12]
Romero lives in Princeton,New Jersey,with her husband and two daughters. [11]